Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Salinger

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided October 31, 1958Published

1Opinion of the Court

Joseph A. Cox, S.

The will of the testatrix created a trust in the principal amount of $40,000 for the benefit of her mother and providéd that, in the event of the mother’s death within a period of time limited by the lives of two named persons, the trust remainder should become part of the residuary estate. *1094The residuary estate was bequeathed in two separate trusts. One trust, for the primary benefit of the testatrix’ husband and the secondary benefit of her daughter, constituted two fifths of the residuary estate and its term was measured by the lives of the beneficiaries. The second trust,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Low v. Bankers Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
  2. In re the Accounting of HellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. In re the Estate of SchuetteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
  4. Matter of Von IsenburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  5. In re the Accounting of Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1949

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