Smith v. Floyd
New York Supreme Court
Action for the construction of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
Action by "the substituted trustee of an express trust and the cestui que trust for the construction of the will by which the trust was created and for instructions respecting the substituted trustee’s authority as such. By her last will and testament and a codicil thereto, dated respectively December 12, 1895, and ¡November 6, 189G, and admitted to probate by the Surrogate’s Court of Suffolk county, December 21, 1898, Sarah W. F. Smith devised and bequeathed all her residuary estate, consisting of real and personal property, to her executors or such of them as should qualify, in trust, to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crooke v. . County of KingsNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Young v. . YoungSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
- Mayor of New-York v. Stuyvesant's HeirsNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re WhiteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- Smith v. FloydAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908