Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 30, 1947PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Witmer, S.
On this judicial settlement proceeding construction of the will is requested to determine whether or not the word “ children ” as used therein includes descendants beyond *504the first degree, and adopted children. The testator, a widower, executed his will in April, 1916, and died the following May. He was survived by two daughters, Caroline M. Schlegel, aged thirty-five years, and Louise M. T. Skuse, aged forty-two years, the former having one daughter then one year old and the latter a daughter two years old. The testator left his residuary estate, valued at $700,000, in trust. He…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- In Re the Accounting of LeaskNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Pimel v. . BetjemannNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Matter of Estate of BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Prowitt v. . RodmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In re the Accounting of Bank of New YorkNew York Surrogate's Court · 1947
- In re the Accounting of MulliganNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In re the Accounting of DavidsenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re the Estate of McNeilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
- In re the Estate of VillalongaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
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