In re the Intermediate Accounting of Clay
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Edgar F. Hazleton, S.
In this combined accounting and construction proceeding, the account as filed is approved in its entirety.
The construction question concerns paragraph tenth of the will which reads as follows: “ Tenth : — I direct my trustees to invest all the funds of my estate in first bonds and mortgages on unencumbered improved real estate; said loans, however, not to be more than sixty per cent of the valuation of said property, or in bonds or other securities of the kind and description which Savings Banks of the State of New York are allowed by law to invest in.”
The court is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re the Accounting of City Bank Farmers Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1955
- In re the Construction of the Will of PettitNew York Surrogate's Court · 1956