Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Dreyfuss

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided December 5, 1934PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Delehanty, S.

Deceased died March 6, 1918, leaving a will dated shortly theretofore which placed in trust the entire estate of deceased for the life of his wife. The latter died January 18, 1934, and by the terms of the will disposition must now be made of the corpus of the estate.

A portion of the will providing for disposition of this corpus says: “ (a) To the Mayor (Burgomeister) and the President of the Chamber of Commerce (Vorsitzender der Handelskammer) in the City of Mannheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Empire of Germany, and to such other person as they may jointly designate, the sum…

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Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
Cross v. United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
St. John v. Andrews Institute for GirlsNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
Mount v. . TuttleNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912

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3Cited by1 opinion

In re the Will of AntoniNew York Surrogate's Court · 1946