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In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Todd

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 15, 1901PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by Archibald Douglas and Paul Armitage, as substituted trustees of the estate of Henry L. Douglas, deceased, and others, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Westchester county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 22d day of December, 1900, as resettled by an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 7th day of January, 1901.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

Lucius T. Yale and Jolin A. Todd were executors and trustees under the provisions of the last will and testament of Henry L. Douglas who died in 1887. After completing their duties as executors Yale and Todd entered upon their duties as trustees, receiving from themselves, as executors, the corpus of the trust estate, amounting to about $96,200. On this they claimed, and were allowed, one-half of the fees provided by law. Yale died and Todd continued to administer the trust. On March 15, 1900, Todd died, leaving *436these trusts unexecuted, and on April 3, 1900, Archibald Douglas and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts McAlpineNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Palmer v. DunhamNew York Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of BusheNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  2. Whitehead v. DraperAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of ZieglerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  4. In re the Estate of CouttsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  5. In re the Accounting of FiskNew York Surrogate's Court · 1904

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