Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Will of Murray
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 7, 1948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Collins, S.
This is a proceeding for construction of the third and fourth articles of decedent’s will. The second article of the will makes outright bequests of pecuniary legacies to a number of individuals. The third article contains a bequest to one of the same persons for use in providing for the care of decedent’s Angora cat. The distributees of decedent contend that this article is an attempt to create a trust which unlawfully suspends the power of alienation because it is not measured by the life of a human being (Matter of Baier, N. Y. L. J., July 13, 1940, p. 101, col. 6; Matter of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of MacDowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- In Re the Accounting of ClaytonNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Manley v. FiskeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Manley v. . FiskeNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Gross v. MooreNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Baker v. WrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Festorazzi v. First National Bank of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
- In re the Accounting of LewisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
- In re the Construction of the Will of BurtonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
- In re the Construction of the Will of JohnstonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950