Legal Opinion
In re Dodge
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 1, 1969PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScileppi, J.
The settlor, son of the trustee, established an inter vivos trust on January 24, 1956. As originally executed, the indenture of trust provided that the net income of the trust was to have been distributed to the settlor during his lifetime and, upon his death, the trust was to terminate and the principal was to be distributed to "the issue of the Settlor, him surviving, in equal shares, per stirpes ” or, failing any such issue, to the settlor’s sisters or their issue or, that line failing, to whomever the settlor should appoint by his will, or failing such appointment, as in intestacy.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Doctor v. . HughesNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Worm v. United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Smith v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Faulkner v. Irving Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- Mead v. First Trust & Deposit Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- People ex rel. Carroll v. KeyserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
- In re the Construction of Trust between Gilbert & Chase Manhattan BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Leonia Bank v. KouriAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
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