Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Mills
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 4, 1935PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, S.
By the fourth paragraph of his will the testator set up a trust, the income from which he directed to be paid to the trustees of the Mount Hope Presbyterian Church, situate at Mount Hope, town of Mount Hope, Orange county, N. Y., and in the same paragraph provided that “ the income for the said Church shall be used to purchase coal.”
This trust was operative for a number of years for the exact purpose expressed by the testator, but by proceedings in the Supreme Court in June, 1932, the Mount Hope Presbyterian Church (the correct corporate name of which was First Presbyterian Church…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Late Corp. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Sherman v. Richmond Hose Co. No. 2New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Wetmore v. . ParkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Williams v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- In Re the Probate of the Will of MacDowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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- In re the Construction of the Will of LawlessNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- Lutheran Hospital of Manhattan v. GoldsteinNew York Supreme Court · 1944