Legal Opinion
Central Trust Co. v. Skillin
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 6, 1912PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Appeal by the defendants, Henry V. R. Skillin and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 11th day of April, 1912, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
On February 28, 1872, Simeon D. Skillin died, leaving a last will and testament, dated on the nineteenth of February, in the same year, which contained, among others, the following provision:
“Fourth. I do give, devise and bequeath to my executors hereinafter named and the survivor of them the one equal fourth part of my estate in trust that they rent the real estate and invest the personal estate and apply the interest and income therefrom to the use of my son Henry T. Skillin for and during the term of his natural life and upon his sole receipt and not by way of anticipation, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Warren v. PrescottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1892
- Dodin v. DodinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Brisbin v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Wyeth v. StoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. DonovanIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
- Presley v. HanksCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1989
- In re the Accounting of the Bank of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Hegarty v. CurtisIndiana Court of Appeals · 1950
- In re the Estate of ShefferNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
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