Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Burger

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided May 15, 1935PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

An extremely unusual question respecting the right to receive commissions on the principal of a trust estate is raised *504in this proceeding. The residue of testator’s estate was erected into two trusts, the terms of which are presently immaterial.

The sixth, item of the will is, however, of importance, and reads: “ I nominate and appoint my wife, Augusta C. Burger, my friend Edo E. Mercelis and the Union Trust Company of New York, to be the Executors of and Trustees under this my will. In addition, I also nominate my sons Norman and William Burger to be Executors hereof and Trustees…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of BeeckmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. In re the Estate of KennedyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of LivingstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
  4. In re the Estate of ThomasNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Estate HerleNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
  2. In Re McCourtUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1981

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