Legal Opinion
In re the Judicial Settlement of the National Commercial Bank & Trust Co.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 15, 1922PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Proceeding to settle accounts of executor and for a construction of the will.
1Opinion of the Court
Beekman, S.
The proceeding for the judicial settlement of the accounts of the executor having regularly come on before the court, Henry I. Hazelton, by his attorney, demanded a construction of the will of the said deceased. The disposing parts of the will are as follows:
“First. After all my lawful debts are paid and discharged, I give, devise and bequeath all of my property, real and personal, as hereinafter set forth, to wit: Not deeming it advisable that my son, Henry Isham Hazelton, shall come into possession of such property as I shall leave at once, I have concluded to give the same in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Manice v. . ManiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Matter of KohlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Rowe v. LansingNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of LehreNew York Surrogate's Court · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Accounting of H. Sylvia A. H. G. WilksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
- In re the Estate of GravesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of HollenbeckNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929