Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Lincoln Rochester Trust Co.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 1, 1948PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wither, S.
Testatrix died in December, 1940, leaving as her sole distributee her husband, Thomas F. Brown, and leaving a will admitted to probate in this court on December 30, 1940. Nearly all of her estate was devised- and bequeathed to her husband and petitioner in trust for the husband for life. The will (paragraph eighth) gave the income of the trust to the husband and directed that the trustees pay over to the husband “ from time to time such portion or portions of the principal of said trust fund as he shall, in his sole discretion, choose or elect, and I hereby give, devise and bequeath…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BarkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In Re the Accounting of BusheNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In Re the Accounting of Bank of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- In re the Accounting of DreyfusNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- In re the Estate of ReckfordNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of MolyneauxNew York Surrogate's Court · 1964
- In re the Estate of BurnhamNew York Surrogate's Court · 1968
- In re the Estate of LynchNew York Surrogate's Court · 1985