Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Vanderbilt
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 27, 1943PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
In this accounting proceeding of the executors various questions were presented in the petition as to the funds out of which the New York estate taxes should be charged. The testatrix, Alice G. Vanderbilt, was given a special and limited power of appointment under the terms of the will of her husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt, over the principal of a fund approximating $6,000,000 of which she was the life tenant. In her will she appointed various shares of this fund to her children and to the issue of her two deceased sons. She was also given the power of appointment over certain real…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Whitney v. State Tax Comm'n of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- In Re the Estate of DuryeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- In re the Estate of KaufmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In Re the Estate of VanderbiltNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Chase National Bank v. TomagnoNew York Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Succession of JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1965
- Union & New Haven Trust Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- In re the Estate of KingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1967
- In re MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
- In re the Estate of StanleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945