Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Cameron
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 6, 1937PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
Several questions of construction are raised in this executor’s accounting.
By the first paragraph of the codicil the testatrix created a trust of $25,000 and directed the trustee to “ apply the income therefrom to and for the support and maintenance of Ellen Cameron and John Cameron during their lives.” On the death of the beneficiaries the remainder of the trust is given absolutely to Lillian Gordon, the trustee.
The stipulated facts establish that the beneficiaries of the trust were well advanced in years and were the nearest relatives of the testatrix. They had been supported by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In Re the Accounting of NelsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of LlyodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- In Re the Accounting of McNaierNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- In re the Estate of BrundageNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
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- In re the Estate of IsraelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
- In re the Estate of WardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937