Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Swart

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided July 17, 1961PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

J. Kenneth Servé, S.

In its final accounting proceedings, the accounting trustee has requested a construction and determination as to the meaning and intent of the trust provisions in paragraph Twenty-second of the decedent’s will, which paragraph reads as follows: 11 Twenty-second. In case my estate amounts to more than the sums named in the bequests, the remaining amount is to be divided into eight equal parts. Two parts I give and bequeath to my sister-in-law Mrs. Anna W. Etheridge or her heirs, Two parts to my sister-in-law Mrs. Hattie Etheridge or her heirs, Two parts I give and bequeath…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Baer v. HendricksNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  2. In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  3. Smith v. . EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  4. In Re the Accounting of TamargoNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  5. In Re the Accounting of EvansNew York Court of Appeals · 1922

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of CadyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1977

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