Legal Opinion

United States Trust Company of New York v. . Taylor

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 31, 1922PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered August 5, 1920, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term construing the will of Peter B. Taylor, deceased.

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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered August 5, 1920, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term construing the will of Peter B. Taylor, deceased. The question involved is whether the testator in providing by article fifth of his will that, upon the death of his sister Jeannie McKewan, the trust fund theretofore held for her benefit should be distributed “ among my next heirs by blood according to the Statute of Distribution of the State of New York ”…

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Greenbaum, J., below.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Hogan, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane and Andrews, JJ.

2Cited by41 opinions

  1. In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  2. In Re the Will of ChalmersNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
  3. In re the Estate of LeonardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
  4. In re the Estate of SoyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
  5. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Waterbury Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1927

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