Legal Opinion

In re the Accounting of City Bank Farmers Trust Co.

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

Decided December 2, 1952PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.

On a contested judicial accounting, a legatee appeals from so much of the decree as awarded costs and disbursements to the attorneys for the successful parties, and directed the payment of interest at the legal rate of 6% from the time the litigated sums became payable. The contest involved the validity of a number of assignments of a contingent interest in a trust.

Appellant is a son of the testator, who died in 1929. Under the father’s will appellant was to receive $5,000 when he reached twenty-one years of age, $10,000 when he reached twenty-five and $85,000 when he reached thirty-five. In…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of EatonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  2. In re the Estate of AugusteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1965
  3. Levy v. GriffithsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
  4. In re the Estate of BattermanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1967

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