Legal Opinion
In re Harris
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 24, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
We affirm in all respects the order appealed from which settles the account of respondent Guaranty Trust Company as trustee of an inter vivos trust created in 1929 by Jean Ferris d’Espinay who died in 1941. Of the numerous issues tendered by the parties we think it necessary to state our views as to one only.
By a codicil to her will Mrs. d’Espinay, exercising a power of appointment which she had reserved to herself in the 1929 trust indenture, appointed to her husband a $25,000 annuity chargeable upon the trust fund. Because of protracted and *76complicated litigation concerning the trust and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Buchanan v. . LittleNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Kearney v. . CruikshankNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People's Trust Co. v. . FlynnNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Booth v. AmmermanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1856
- In Re the Estate of ColeNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of HammerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1974
- In re the Estate of SkrainkaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1978
- In re the Esate of OttoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1976