Legal Opinion
In Re the Accounting of Roe
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 13, 1924PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
The proceeding is one for the settlement of executors’ accounts and the construction of a will.
The testator, Thomas Lawrence, died in April, 1919, leaving a will made in August, 1911.
By this will he gives $500 to his sister Elizabeth, and Other legacies of small amounts which there is no occasion to enumerate.
He creates a trust fund of $3,000 for the use of his sister Jane during her life. On her death the principal is to be divided among “ my sisters, nephews and nieces, and the issue of my nephews and nieces dying prior to the death of my sister, Jane Lawrence, share and share alike.”
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- In Re the Will of HornerNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Soper v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Ferrer v. . PyneNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. PellNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- In re the Appointment of an Ancillary Successor Trustee under the Will of GoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Wyeth v. CraneIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of PalmerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
- In re the Will of BishopNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
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