Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Lawton

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 26, 1930PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Tuck, S.

The will of Jane Lathrop Stanford, who died in 1905, a resident of the State of California, where her will was admitted to probate, among other things, directed her trustees:

“ b. To pay over at regular intervals to my niece the said Jennie L. Lawton the full one-third of the net income from one million dollars, the one-half of said trust fund, for and during the term of her natural life and upon her death this trust shall cease and determine as to one-third of said one million dollars and the one-third of said million dollars shall belong to and be delivered to the child or children…

2Cases cited10 opinions

In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of ZborowskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
In re PhippsNew York Supreme Court · 1894
In Re the Appraisal of the Property of SloaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of HubbardNew York Court of Appeals · 1922

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3Cited by1 opinion

In re the Estate of HaslerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954