Succession of Hammett
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
REGAN, Judge.
The testator in this succession, Anne Zemurray Hammett, died on September 26, 1961, in New Orleans, leaving an olographic will, in which, among other things, she endeavored to revoke an inter vivos revocable trust dated April 21, 1959 of which the Hanover Bank, a New York corporation, was designated as trustee. The corpus of the trust, consisting of incorporeal movables, is located in New York in the possession of the trustee.
On May 5, 1967, Emile J. Dreuil, Jr., the administrator of the succession of James H. Atkinson, a legatee in the will, filed a motion to remove Samuel…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chase National Bank v. TomagnoNew York Supreme Court · 1939
- In re the Express Trust Made by LachlanNew York Supreme Court · 1959
3Cited by1 opinion
- Succession of HammettSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1972