Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Meyer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 11, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
This is an application by the United States Trust Company of New York, the sole surviving trustee, to vacate that part of the decree of this court made November 6, 1929, which directed the payment to the Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor of certain benefits under the will. The specific amounts adjudged to be paid were a pecuniary legacy in the sum of 150,000 and an interest in the residue. After this decree was entered and on April 11, 1930, the trustees of the home, to whom these amounts were directed to be paid, by formal resolution, renounced and declined the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Wright v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Albany Hospital v. . Albany Guardian SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In Re the Appraisal Under the Transfer Tax Law of the Estate of WolfeNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Burritt v. . SillimanNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Construction of the Will of LawlessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In re the Estate of MahlstedtNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of MatthiessenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
- In re the Estate of JohnstonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- City Nat. Bank of Birmingham v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1978
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