Robert v. Morgan
New York Surrogate's Court
Motion by Julia Robert, general guardian of Matthew Morgan and others, infant beneficiaries under the will of decedent, to punish Edward Morgan, one of the trustees thereunder, for contempt in refusing to answer certain questions propounded upon a hearing before a referee, to whom were referred the trustees’ account, and the objections thereto, filed in a special proceeding for judicial settlement. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.
Henry Morgan and Edward Morgan, testamentary trustees under the seventh, article of this decedent’s will, having filed their account as such, and petitioned for its judicial settlement, the general guardian of the infant céstuis que trustent interposed certain objections thereto in writing. The account in question showed that $30,000 of the funds of this trust, and $5,000 of the funds of another, had been loaned, at five per cent, interest, to one Joseph B. Bigot, and that for such loans the trustees held security in the form of a mortgage upon the borrower’s undivided one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Geer v. RansomNew York Surrogate's Court · 1882