Legal Opinion
Morris v. Morris
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 24, 1936PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crane, Ch. J.
The Personal Property Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 41), article 2, section 16, reads:
“ An accumulation of the income of personal property, directed by any instrument sufficient in' law to pass such property is valid:
“ 1. If directed to commence from the date of the instrument, or the death of the person executing the same, and to be made for the benefit of one or more minors, then in being, or in being at such dea/th, and to terminate at or before the expiration of their minority. * * *
“ 3. All other directions for the accumulation of the income of personal property, not authorized by…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cochrane v. . SchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Williams v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Pray v. . HegemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of HoytAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Bloodgood v. . LewisNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In re the Estate of WalbridgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- Hawthorne v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- In re the Intermediate Account of RichmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
- In re the Probate of the Will of LewisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1950
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