Knight v. Knight
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Plaintiff and defendant are brothers, the only children of Elizabeth Knight Prellwitz. Prellwitz’s father, Gerould Lane, died in 1961, a resident of California, leaving a will creating testamentary trusts which, as relevant to this appeal, were to be continued for the benefit of Prellwitz during her lifetime, with the remainder to be distributed to plaintiff and defendant upon Prellwitz’s death. On July 4, 1985, defendant executed a writing stating his "wish to make a gift of $40,000 to [plaintiff] * * * to come from [the Lane trust] * * * in partial recompense for the…
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