Legal Opinion
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Bergen
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 15, 1907PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Proceeding upon the judicial settlement of the accounts of.' executors.
1Opinion of the Court
Church, S.
The deceased, in the third paragraph of his will,, provided as follows :
“ I give and bequeath to the Brooklyn Trust Company of the-Borough of Brooklyn all shares of stock in corporations, of which I may die possessed. In trust to receive the income therefrom, and to pay the same to my wife Sara E. Bergen during her life, and upon her death to pay the said income to my daughter Edith L. Bergen during her life.”
• Other provisions follow as to the disposition of the corpus of the trust fund upon the termination of the trust. By a later-clause in the will the remainder of the testator’s…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Brundage v. . BrundageNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Clift v. . MosesNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Holt v. JexNew York Supreme Court · 1888
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of AnableNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Will of Blomdahl v. ErlandsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of KingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916
- In re Franklin Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1916
- In re SnedeckerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908