In re the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of Rockefeller
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Comptroller of the State of New York from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 13th day of September, 1916, affirming an order confirming the report of the appraiser herein assessing the transfer tax upon this estate.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
Laura S. Rockefeller died on the 12th day of March, 1915, leaving a will which was duly admitted to probate. The 16th clause of the will provided: ‘ ‘ All the rest, residue and remainder of my property of every description, real, personal and mixed, and wheresoever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to my said executors who shall qualify and their successors and successor, in trust, for charitable uses as follows:” (naming one *788educational and five religious corporations, and continues:) “Bureau of Social Hygiene, if the same shall at the time of such distribution he incorporated…
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- In Re the Estate of WesturnNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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