Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Slocum
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 23, 1948PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Collins, S.
The testator created a trust for the life of his daughter and gave to her “ full power and authority to dispose of ‘the principal of said trust fund to and among her issue her surviving in such shares and proportions and upon such further trusts and conditions as she may deem proper by her last wall and testament.” The daughter died on August 2, 1946, a resident of Washington, D. C. Her will which was probated there made no mention of any power of appointment. It created certain trusts. The accounting trustees ask the court to determine whether the power of appointment was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Matter of New York Life Insurance and Trust CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Lockwood v. . MildebergerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Chase National Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
- In re the Estate of WalbridgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- Wilson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Accounting of CoffinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
- In re the Estate of BlockNew York Surrogate's Court · 1993