Legal Opinion

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

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

Decided April 15, 1940PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Proceeding for the judicial settlement of the account of trustees. The court is of the opinion that the trusts set forth in paragraph “ Seventh ” of the will of Belle L. Shaw, widow of Harry B. Peace, deceased, for the benefit of the children of her son, H. Ward Peace, *839are Void as to the estate over which she had the power of appointment because of the partial failure of such power of appointment (Matter of Horner, 237 N. Y. 489, 500), and the property involved therein is to be disposed of according to testator’s will as if it were real property as to which the said Harry B. Peace had died…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Will of HornerNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
  2. Fargo v. . SquiersNew York Court of Appeals · 1897

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Accounting of CoffinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957

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