Legal Opinion
City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Miller
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1937PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShientag, J.
This is an action for the judicial settlement of a trustee’s account and for the construction of an inter vivos trust. The trust must be considered in connection with the will of the decedent.
Marilyn Miller O’Brien, the testatrix and settlor of the trust, executed her will on April 23, 1931. After providing for the payment of her debts, funeral expenses and testamentary charges, decedent made the following bequests:(a) All personal effects, jewelry, wearing apparel and all articles of personal use or ornament, in equal shares to her sisters Ruth Sweeney and Claire Montgomery, and to her niece…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Cutting v. . CuttingNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Whittemore v. Equitable Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Schenck v. . BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Farmers' Loan Trust Co. v. . KipNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Lockwood v. . MildebergerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Schofield v. Cleveland Trust Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of BarcNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
- In re the Estate of ChandlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
- In re the Estate of LancasterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
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