In re Overton
New York Surrogate's Court
Application to compel an executrix to file and render an account as executor and trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
Ketcham, S.
Upon the accounting of the representative of a testamentary trustee, deceased, objection is made that the account does not report the deceased trustee’s acts with respect to his receipt and disposition of the rents of an undivided one-fourth part of certain lands which were devised to him in trust.
Under the terms of the will the trust as to one-half of the premises so devised expired upon the death of a beneficiary, on whose life the trust as to such one-half was limited. The one-half thus released from the trust vested one-half thereof, or one-fourth of the aggregate estate, in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Watkins v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Kahn v. TierneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of MurrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Deering v. PierceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Fogarty v. StangeNew York Supreme Court · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Hopfan v. KnauthCity of New York Municipal Court · 1935