In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Watson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Henry E. 0. Watson, as executor and trustee, etc., from part of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Westchester, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 1st day of December, 1913, settling his accounts.
1Opinion of the Court
Stapleton, J.:
William Watson, the elder, died in 1877, leaving a will and codicil by which he disposed of all his real and personal property.
By the 9th clause of the will 'he bequeathed the residue of his estate, real as well as personal, to his executors and trustees, with power to sell the same, convert it into money and divide the proceeds into as many shares as there should be children him surviving.
The executors and trustees were empowered to invest eách equal share separately; to apply the rents, income and profits to the use of each daughter during her natural life, and to divide and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bowditch v. . AyraultNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of WatsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914