Legal Opinion
Thatcher v. Empire Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 8, 1935PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcAvoy, J.
This submission of a controversy involves the right of the settlor of a trust of personal property to revoke the same in accordance with the provisions of section 23 of the Personal Property Law, which provides as follows:
“ Bevocation of trusts upon consent of all persons interested. Upon the written consent of all the persons beneficially interested in a trust in personal property or any part thereof heretofore or hereafter created, the creator of such trust may revoke the same as to the whole or such part thereof, and thereupon the estate of the trustee shall cease in the whole or such part…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Whittemore v. Equitable Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Corbett v. Bank of New York & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
3Cited by6 opinions
- Dorcy v. First Trust Co. of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Glanckopf v. Guaranty Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- Randall v. RandallDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1944
- Matter of SchrollSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Alcott v. Union Planters National BankCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
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