Legal Opinion

Tolles v. . Wood

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 21, 1885PublishedCited by 34 opinions

This action was brought by plaintiff, as a judgment creditor of defendant W. Stanard Wood, to reach, and have applied in satisfaction of his judgment, the surplus income beyond what was needed for the support and maintenance of said defendant, arising from a fund held in trust for said defendant, by defendants as trustees under the will of Silas Wood, deceased.

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This action was brought by plaintiff, as a judgment creditor of defendant W. Stanard Wood, to reach, and have applied in satisfaction of his judgment, the surplus income beyond what was needed for the support and maintenance of said defendant, arising from a fund held in trust for said defendant, by defendants as trustees under the will of Silas Wood, deceased. The following extract from the opinion contains the facts, so far as material to the question upon which the case was decided, and so much of the opinion as was concurred in by a majority of the court. That portion of the opinion not…

1Opinion of the Court

Ruger, Ch. J.,

reads for affirmance of judgment; Earl, J., concurs; Rapallo, Andrews and Miller, JJ., concur on last ground; Daneorth and Finch, JJ., dissent.

Judgment affirmed.

2Cited by34 opinions

  1. Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Canfield v. Security-First National BankCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Braman v. BramanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932
  4. In re the Estate of YardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
  5. In re BaudouineDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899

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