Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Corlies
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 27, 1934PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The will which is the subject-matter of the present construction proceeding was executed on March 11, 1899. Its terms, so far as presently pertinent, directed the erection of a trust in the principal sum of $100,000, with income payable to testator’s widow for life, and on her death the principal to fall into the residue of his estate. A like trust of $30,000 was erected for testator’s mother, its principal also falling into the residue on her death.
Testator then gave the residue of his estate to his trustees, “ to divide * * * into as many equal parts or shares as I may leave…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- McCracken v. HaywardSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Soper v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Overheiser v. . LackeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by33 opinions
- In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- In re the Estate of WeilNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Estate of DenariNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of TalbotNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of MilhauNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
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