Robinson v. Adams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Carrie A. Robinson and others, by-Edward C. Manners, their guardian ad litem, and William Robinson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on-the 1st day of March, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Carrie A. Robinson and others, by-Edward C. Manners, their guardian ad litem, and William Robinson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on-the 1st day of March, 1900, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of March, 1900, granting the defendants an extra allowance. This…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The question presented by this appeal is solved by a determination as to whether a trust is created of the property devised .and bequeathed by the testator, in which event title to such property became vested in the trustees, or whether a power in trust is alone created..
• The learned court, at Special Term reached the conclusion that the will created a trust estate and vested title in the property sought to be recovered in the trustees, and that the plaintiffs were, therefore, without standing to maintain this action. The appellants earnestly insist that this conclusion is wrong;…
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