Legal Opinion
Mertz v. Guaranty Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 1928PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
By a deed of trust made in January, 1913, Nelson S. Clark assigned to the defendant Guaranty Trust Company of New York one hundred shares of the common stock of Shuttleworth Brothers Company, a domestic corporation, in trust to hold the shares and to pay the dividends declared thereon to his daughter, Gladys Clark Mertz, during her life, and upon her death to pay such dividends to her children or issue per stirpes during the life of his granddaughter, Gladys Chesleigh Mertz, with remainders over. No power of revocation was reserved by the grantor, and no power of sale conferred…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- King v. . TalbotNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Costello v. . CostelloNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- In Re the Accounting of BrannNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Matter of TimmisNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Haberman v. . BakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by34 opinions
- In re the Estate of PulitzerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Adams v. CookCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Commissioner of Banks v. Chase Securities Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- In re the Judicial Settlement in the Estate of BakerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
- Stark v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
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