Legal Opinion
Will of Leitsch
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1924PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOwen, J.
The first question which we shall consider is whether the life beneficiaries are entitled to the income *260arising from the trust estate from the time of the death of the testator, as they claim, or from the time that said estate was assigned to the trustee, as held by the county court. In 40 Cyc. 1882, the rule is stated as follows:
“It is settled by the great weight of authority that in the case of a bequest of a life estate in a residuary fund, or of some aliquot part thereof, if no time is prescribed in the will for the commencement of the interest or the enjoyment of the use or income of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Matter of Accounting of BensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Lawrence v. . LittlefieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- State v. PabstWisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
- Matter of StanfieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Cooke v. . MeekerNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Clark v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Mulcahy v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1927
- Estey v. Commerce Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Davidson v. Miners & Mechanics Savings & Trust Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1935
- In Re Trust Under Will of KoffendSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
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