In re Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Reed
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Helen C. McClain, as administratrix, etc., of Anna L. Knapp, deceased, from a judgment of the Ulster County Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 22d day of October, 1896, upon the decision of the court upon the final judicial settlement of the accounts of Alonzo Reed, as committee of the person and estate of Anna L. Knapp, a deceased lunatic.
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
The respondent, Alonzo Reed, was appointed the committee of the person and estate of Anna L. Knapp, a lunatic, September 19, 1889. She was the widow of Edward W. Knapp, who died April 23, 1889, leaving no issue surviving him.
By his will he devised and bequeathed all his estate, amounting to about $25,000, to three trustees in trust, “ to be nursed, managed and invested in the best manner possible,” directing them, after the payment of a few small legacies, “ to use the balance of my ■estate and the income therefrom (1) to the support, care and comfort of my wife, Anna L. Knapp, so…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Jaques v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal ChurchCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1820
- Thurber v. . ChambersNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Goodale v. . LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- In re the Final Accounting of Reed, New York County Courts1896
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