Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Bullard
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 8, 1927PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, S.
The trustees of the trusts created by the will of testatrix, and the codicil thereto, are accounting in two of the thirteen trust estates, because of the death of Helen R. B. Sears, who was the beneficiary of one of the trusts which are thus terminated, and one of two beneficiaries of the other trust. The remainderman of all the thirteen trusts is Dartmouth College.
A question is presented as to whether or not the gift of all the *338remainders to the college is in violation of section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law (as amd. by Laws of 1923, chap. 301), which provides that such a bequest…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hollis v. . Drew Theological SeminaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In Re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- In Re the Accounting of DurandNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of the Executors of the Estate of BlumenthalNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of KaufmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of LordNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of SearsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928