Williams v. Sage
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a • controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
The plaintiff transferred stock to two persons in trust for the purposes determined by a writing executed in July, 1906. The plaintiff would revoke the trust and has the consent of his wife, Anna C. Williams, and of his and her three children, all of whom are of full age. But one of the children, Mrs. Malone, has a child of the age of three years. The question is whether the trust can be revoked without the consent of such grandchild. That depends upon the answer to the question, whether such grandchild is “ beneficially interested ” in the trust, for if she be so her consent is…
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- Townshend v. . FrommerNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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