Central Trust Co. v. Folsom
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The; Central Trust' Company of New1 York,-as substituted trustee of the separate estate of Isabel von Linden, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the offieé of the clerk of the county of-New York on the 22d day of September, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the'New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J. :
On the 18th of October, 1883, the defendant Daniel Morison was substituted -in the -pla.ee of another person as trustee under an ante-nuptial agreement for the benefit of Mrs. Isabel von Linden, and he occupied that position until some time in the year 1889. In the performance of his duties as-trustee lie'was accustomed to consult, as attorney, one Francis H. Weeks, who -was familiar with the trust. The securities, of- the trust were kept by Morigpn in a box- upon which his name was painted,-and the box was kept in Weeks’ safe, in his office,1 where Morison also had a desk, and he…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Doubleday v. . KressNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Brewster v. . CarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Crane v. . GruenewaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Hatfield v. ReynoldsNew York Supreme Court · 1861
- Central Trust Co. v. FolsomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Conner v. WatsonNew York Supreme Court · 1899