Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Storts

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 27, 1931PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

Testatrix’s will, after the erection of a number of trusts for her children, provided in its “5th” item: “I give to my said executor and trustee full power to sell, without application to court, any and all of my said property, whether real or personal, and to invest and reinvest the proceeds thereof as in bis judgment he may deem best.”

At her death all of the trust beneficiaries were infants, one being under the age of fourteen. The trustee named in the will was over seventy. The trusts are to continue until the children respectively attain the age of twenty-five. In view of his…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Crabb v. . YoungNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  2. In re the Estate of WeissmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  3. People v. AshleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  4. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of OakleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  5. Jandorf v. AsinariCity of New York Municipal Court · 1929

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of BalfeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  2. In re the Estate of KohnsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
  3. In re the Estate of LulingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
  4. In re the Estate of O'HareNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938

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