Legal Opinion

In re the Will of Bottenwieser

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided December 26, 1944PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Foley, S.

In this executors’ intermediate accounting a construction of the will is sought to determine the effect, of the provisions in the will requiring certain beneficiaries to appear personally at the office of the Fifth Avenue Bank of'New York, the corporate trustee, to receive their legacies.

The beneficiaries reside in England. The questions presented for determination are: May they be paid their legacies outright without the necessity of traveling from. England to New York? Or is their personal appearance in New York at the bank a condition attached to the legacies which must be obeyed?

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2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of CostaloNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
  2. Burns v. ClarkNew York Supreme Court · 1862
  3. In Re the Will of JacobsNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  4. In re National City BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
  5. In re the Estate of JacobsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of GreacenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
  2. In re the Construction of the Will of MaijgrenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949

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