Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Arents

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided January 12, 1943PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Foley, S.

A question of construction involving the disposition of the remainder of the trust created under paragraph tenth of the will of the testatrix has been raised in this accounting proceeding. By that paragraph the testatrix bequeathed the sum of $50,000 in trust to pay the net income thereof to her nephew, Lewis Ginter Young, during his life. She then provided: “ If my said nephew shall not survive me, but shall leave issue me surviving, then to pay over the principal of the *880said trust fund to such issue in equal shares per stirpes and not per capita, absolutely and forever; but if my…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re SelnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
  2. In Re the Will of SelnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
  3. Close v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of WatonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954
  2. In re the Construction of the Will of FalveyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961
  3. In re the Estate of HowardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1965
  4. In re the Estate of ReynoldsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962
  5. In re the Accounting of Guaranty Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1949

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