Legal Opinion

in the Matter of the Accounting of Corlies

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided June 15, 1951PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fbankenthambe, S.

The will of the testatrix set up the entire residuary estate in trust for her husband and, after his death, for her daughter. Both survived her. The trust terminated upon the death of the daughter on August 13, 1950. The will disposes of the corpus as follows: “I direct that the entire principal of said trust fund shall be paid over to the lawful issue of Barbara Corlies Clayburgh in such manner as my said daughter may, by her will, direct, to have and to hold the same forever.” The daughter expressly exercised this power of appointment in the third article of her will. She…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of DreyfusNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
  2. In re the Estate of SteinerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. In re the Estate of SkidmoreNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  4. In re ConnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
  5. In re the Construction of the Will of FeeneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
  2. In re the Estate of GottfriedNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
  3. In re the Estate of WeinsteinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1981
  4. In re the Accounting of Bankers Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1953

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