Legal Opinion

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Sears

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1928PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

Whether the actual duration or the expectancy theory should be applied in the will before us, need not be and is not now determined, but is left open. Under any method of computation, Dartmouth College has not yet received one-half of the estate of the testatrix, computed as of the date of her death, The decree upon the accounting by the trustees for Helen R. B. Sears should, therefore, be modified by striking out the 5th, 6th and 8th paragraphs thereof following the recitals, and the decree upon the accounting by the trustees for Helen R. B. Sears and William S. Robinson should be modified…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of BullardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
  2. In re the Estate of KaufmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
  3. In re the Estate of LordNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
  4. In re the Estate of SonderlingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935

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