Legal Opinion

Bindrim v. Ullrich

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 15, 1901PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by Paul Grout, as guardian ad litem for William E. Bindrim and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs and certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of November, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, construing a will and adjudging certain provisions thereof to be void, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office…

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Appeal by Paul Grout, as guardian ad litem for William E. Bindrim and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs and certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of November, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, construing a will and adjudging certain provisions thereof to be void, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of November, 1900, denying the motion of the guardian ad litem for an extra allowance, and also from an…

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

This action was brought to secure a judicial construction of the last will and testament of the late Mathias Bindrim, who died on October 6, 1894, leaving him surviving a widow and seven children, and resulted in a judgment declaring certain pi’Ovisions of the said will void, as contravening the statute inhibiting the suspension of the power of alienation during a period of more than two lives in being at the time of the creation of the estate. The guardian ad litem of the infant defendants appeals from the judgment and from an order denying the guardian an allowance.

Mathias…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hawley v. JamesCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1836
  2. Schettler v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
  3. Warner v. . DurantNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  4. In Re the Accounting of BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
  5. Knox v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1872

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of MilhauNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  2. In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of CooneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  3. In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of HowlandNew York Surrogate's Court · 1902
  4. In re the Will of RaabNew York Surrogate's Court · 1913
  5. In re the Accounting of the State BankNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961

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