Chastain v. Tilford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant Hunt Tilford Dickinson, by his guardian ad litem, Andrew Gr. Dickinson, from part of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and certain of the defendants, and appeal by the defendant Henry If.
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Appeal by the defendant Hunt Tilford Dickinson, by his guardian ad litem, Andrew Gr. Dickinson, from part of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and certain of the defendants, and appeal by the defendant Henry If. Tilford, as executor, etc., from the whole of said judgment, which was entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of December, 1909, upon the decision. of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Speeial Term, adjudging the 13th and 14th paragraphs of the will of Catharine Hunt Tilford invalid and void.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.;
This appeal presents the question of the validity of certain trust provisions contained in the will of Catharine Hunt Tilford, deceaéed. The provisions called in question involve the disposition of the residuary estate, consisting wholly of personalty, and amounting as it is said to over $800,000.
*748The testatrix at the time of her death on or about September 3, .1908, was a widow* upwards of eighty years of - age. She left her ■ surviving one daughter,, the plaintiff herein, a widow with an infarit grandson,/Hunt Tilford Dickinson,- who -is one of.-the proposed beneficiaries of liis…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Savage v. . BurnhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- In Re the Accounting of WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Schey v. . ScheyNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
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- Central Trust Co. v. FalckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- In re TrevorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922
- Orr v. OrrAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Boynton v. LahensNew York Supreme Court · 1913
- Chastain v. . DickinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
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