Stagg v. Jackson
New York Court of Chancery
This was an appeal, by the executor of the last will and testament of A. Stagg deceased, from the sentence or decree of the late surrogate -of the city and county of New-Yorb. By the will of the testator, who died in 1835, he devised and bequeathed ad his estate, real and personal, to bis executors, in trust to sell the same, and until such sale, to receive the rents, profits and income thereof, for the purposes of his will, and upon the following trusts : First.
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This was an appeal, by the executor of the last will and testament of A. Stagg deceased, from the sentence or decree of the late surrogate -of the city and county of New-Yorb. By the will of the testator, who died in 1835, he devised and bequeathed ad his estate, real and personal, to bis executors, in trust to sell the same, and until such sale, to receive the rents, profits and income thereof, for the purposes of his will, and upon the following trusts : First. To invest the proceeds of the real and personal estate, and to pay out of the same $50 a year for the education and support of his…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The only question which arises upon this appeal, is whether the surrogate’s court had jurisdiction and authority to call this executor to account for the proceeds of the real estate sold by the latter, under the power contained in the will, and for the rents and profits of such real estate received by him before such sale, under and by virtue of the power given to him, as such executor, by the will of the decedent. And upon this question I do not see that there are any reasonable grounds for doubt.
The will in this case directs the real estate to be sold, and makes but one fund…
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