Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Will of Charles
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 19, 1951PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frankenthaler, S.
The provision in the will of the testatrix which grants to her daughter a testamentary power of appointment is here the subject of construction. By the terms of paragraph seventh thereof, the donee of the power was authorized to distribute the corpus of a trust created for her life benefit to and among her children or the issue of any deceased child, to her husband, and to her two brothers or their issue if they be dead, in any manner, share or proportion. In default of appointment, the testatrix directed payment of the assets to the children of the donee or the issue of…
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