Legal Opinion

Perry v. Foster

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1881PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtLarremore, J.

— Plaintiff, as a cestui que trust under the will of James Foster, deceased, sues for an accounting and for the removal of the defendant, John Foster, as trustee thereof. The complaint alleges that by said will the defendants were directed to invest the sum of $40,000, and pay over the income thereof to plaintiff during her natural life. That the defendants have received said sum from the estate of said James Foster, and have paid to her for many years prior and up to April, 1879, various sums of money which the defendants represented to her to be the interest and income arising from such…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Savage v. . BurnhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  2. Graff v. . BonnettNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
  3. Arnold v. GilbertNew York Supreme Court · 1849
  4. Grout v. Van SchoonhovenNew York Court of Chancery · 1844
  5. In re HowellNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1881

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Woodbridge v. BockesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901

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