Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Terwilligar

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided December 21, 1931PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

The single question presently in controversy whereas not expressly adjudicated in the former decision in this case, is capable of ready determination on certain of the principles therein discussed (Matter of Terwilligar, 135 Misc. 170; unanimously affd. on the opinion of this court, 230 App. Div. 763; leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals denied by Appellate Division, 230 App. Div. 846, and by the Court of Appeals, N. Y. L. J. Nov. 26, 1930, p. 1050).

Briefly stated, the pertinent facts are that the will of B. F. *251Terwilligar erected a trust for the life of his wife, Alice, with…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  2. Cutting v. . CuttingNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  3. Sewall v. WilmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
  4. In Re the Appraisal Under the Transfer Tax Act of a Certain Trust Fund Held by HarbeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  5. In re HornidgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. StraughanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  2. In re the Construction of the Will of LawlessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
  3. In re the Estate of WildenburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
  4. In re the Estate of BurlingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  5. In re the Estate of FosterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940

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