In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Hopkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Charlotte Strong Seixas from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Dutchess, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 26th day of April, 1904, settling the accounts of the trustees under the will of William H. Hopkins, deceased, and denying the claim of the appellant to share in the distribution of a trust fund created under said will, and also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court nuno pro tuno as of the 26th day of April, 1904, denying the…
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Appeal by Charlotte Strong Seixas from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Dutchess, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 26th day of April, 1904, settling the accounts of the trustees under the will of William H. Hopkins, deceased, and denying the claim of the appellant to share in the distribution of a trust fund created under said will, and also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court nuno pro tuno as of the 26th day of April, 1904, denying the appellant’s motion for leave to file objections to the accounts of the said trustees.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
The will of William H. Hopkins was executed on November 27, 1888. The testator died on May 22, 1890. The will created a trust fund for the benefit of the testator’s wife during her life and directed the executors “ after her decease to divide the principal, and whatever interest may not have been paid my said wife, into four equal shares or parts, and one of said parts shall be paid to my son Elias T. Hopkins; one part to my son John Hopkins; one part to my son William G. Hopkins; and one part shall be held by my executors and by them invested in good securities, and the…
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