Legal Opinion
In re Brooklyn Trust Co.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 15, 1915PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Proceeding upon, the account of an executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Ketciiam, S.
This accounting requires the application of section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law, which provides:
“No person having a husband, wife, child or parent, shall, by his or her last will and testament, devise or bequeath to any benevolent, charitable, literary, scientific, religious or missionary society, association or corporation, in trust or otherwise, more than one-half part of his or her estate, after payment of his or her debts, and such devise or bequest shall be valid to the extent of one-half, and no- more.”
*392It thus becomes necessary to compute the fund of which one-half is to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Hollis v. . Drew Theological SeminaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In Re the Accounting of DurandNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- In re TeedNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- Rich v. TiffanyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- In re Bank of AmericaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1924