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In re the Estate of Kreischer

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

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by Charles II. Steinway and others, as executors, etc., of-William Steinway, deceased, from an-order of the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond county, entered in said court on the 18th day of February, 1898, requiring the appellants to render an account of the proceedings of the said William Steinway, as trustee of the estate of Balthasar Kreisoher, deceased, and requiring them to deposit certain bonds witii the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, or show cause why said bonds…

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Appeal by Charles II. Steinway and others, as executors, etc., of-William Steinway, deceased, from an-order of the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond county, entered in said court on the 18th day of February, 1898, requiring the appellants to render an account of the proceedings of the said William Steinway, as trustee of the estate of Balthasar Kreisoher, deceased, and requiring them to deposit certain bonds witii the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, or show cause why said bonds should not be so deposited.

1Opinion of the Court

Willard Bartlett, J. :

By the will of Balthasar Kreischer a trust was established in favor of one Caroline L. Ellis and others, of which George F. Kreischer, the son of the testator, and William Stein way were constituted trustees. William Steinway is dead, and this proceeding is instituted by George F. Kreischer, the sole surviving trustee, to- compel Mr. Steinway’s executors to account, under the provisions of section 2606 of the Code of Civil Procedure. By the answer to the petition it is admitted that Mr. Stein way had in Ms possession,' during 1892,. as trustee for Caroline L. Ellis,;…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of MoehringNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. People ex rel. Ackerman v. LumbAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Levenson v. O'DonnelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  2. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of SteenckenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900

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