Legal Opinion
In Re the Accounting of First Trust & Deposit Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 7, 1939PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRippey, J.
J. Arthur Clark, of Baldwinsville, New York, died January 27, 1931, leaving a last will and testament which was duly probated and under which the First Trust and Peposit Company of Syracuse was appointed and thereafter duly qualified and has been acting as executor and trustee.
In his will the testator first directed the payment of his debts and funeral expenses. In the second paragraph he mad Pi a specific bequest to his niece, Alpha A. Adsit, In the third paragraph he gave to his wife such sums as might be necessary to satisfy any mortgage or liens upon property owned by himself and wife…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Phillips v. . DaviesNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Holden v. . StrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Rezzemini v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of JamesNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Estate of FerrallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- Hoops v. StephanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- In re the Construction of the Will of FlyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Holyoke National Bank v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
- Caldwell v. Hanes (In Re Hanes)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1997
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