Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Finck

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 17, 1959PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

The testator’s will created a trust for the life of his sister and nominated two individuals as the trustees. The will directed that upon the death of the sister the trust principal be paid over to a trust company, in trust, for the purposes and upon the terms contained in the resolution and declaration of trust creating The New York Community Trust. The validity of this disposition is unquestioned (Matter of Guggenheimer, 168 Misc. 1; Matter of Caldwell, N. Y. L. J., Oct. 22, 1948, p. 883, col. 5; Personal Property Law, § 12).

The primary trust having terminated, the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of GuggenheimerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
  2. In re the Accounting of SchmidlappNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of GriffithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1971

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