Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Thall
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1966PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Solomon Thall died in September, 1943, survived by Ms wife, a sister and issue of a deceased brother. By a will executed in 1941, he left his residuary estate in trust for the life of his wife with the income to be shared by her and by the testator’s sister Sophie Levitsky and Sophie’s two sons, Emanuel Landis and Ben Ami Landis. Upon the death of the widow, the corpus of the trust, after payment of certain legacies, was to go to Sophie, Emanuel and Ben Ami, “ share and share- alike ”. There then follow these clauses pertaining to the corpus :
“ In the event that my sister Sophie Levitsky…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Williams v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Matter of KohlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Masterson v. . TownshendNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- In re SelnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- In Re the Will of SelnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
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3Cited by57 opinions
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