Oldfield v. Vassar College
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Oldfield, as executrix, etc., of John Oldfield, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in, the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 2d day of July, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Dutchess County Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Hieschberg, J.:
The will of Matthew Yassar, deceased, was proved in Dutchess county on the 31st of August, 1868, and letters testamentary were then issued to Matthew Yassar, Jr., Charles W. Swift and Stephen M. Buckingham, as executors and trustees. By the will, among, other provisions, the sum of $10,000 was given to the executors in trust to pay the income to Caroline E. Yassar during her life, and *274upon her death to pay the principal to the defendant Vassar College. ■
For several years before his death, which occurred on the 1st day of December, 1887, Stephen M. Buckingham was the sole…
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