Legal Opinion

In re the Accounting of Thorne

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 19, 1958Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to the parties appearing and filing briefs, payable out of the trust fund. Concur — Botein, P. J., M. M. Frank and Bastow, JJ.; Breitel and McNally, JJ., dissent in part in the following memorandum. We, agreeing in part with the majority of this court, do not find in the will of the donee either expressly or by necessary implication the intent not to exercise the power of appointment. The learned court below properly held that the bequest of the residuary estate to the donee’s son contained in the last will and testament of the donee carried…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Crooke v. . County of KingsNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. In re the Accounting of ThorneNew York Supreme Court · 1957

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