Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of American Security & Trust Co.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 26, 1957PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Anthony P. Savarese, S.
In this accounting proceeding the trustee requested a construction of the fourth paragraph of the will of Mary Frances Askew who died on February 16,1938. On the death of the testatrix, all persons named in the will were alive. The first life tenant died on November 22, 1946 and the second life tenant died on April 16, 1955. Between the death of the testatrix and the second life tenant, three of the six named remaindermen died. The pertinent provisions of the will are as follows: ‘ ‘ 2. I wish the income of my estate to be used in the care of my sister Elizabeth…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Connelly v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- In re the Estate of SoyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re National City BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- In re the Estate of EvansNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of JudgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1967
- In re FiskNew York Supreme Court · 1960
- In re the Estate of DoughtyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
- In re the Estate of HallNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Estate of DuryeeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958