Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Brett
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 18, 1954PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Collins, S.
In this proceeding for the settlement of the account of the trustees the validity of a gift to a Scottish hospital is challenged on the one hand by the Attorney-General of the State of New York who argues for the application of the doctrine of cy pres and, on the other, by the residuary legatees of the deceased’s sister who maintain that the asserted failure of the bequest results in its intestate passage to them through their testatrix, who was Margaret Bishop’s sole distributee. Vigorously attacked, the gift is as stoutly defended by the West Fife (Scotland) Hospitals Board of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Wright v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- St. John v. Andrews Institute for GirlsNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Hope v. . BrewerNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- United States Trust Co. v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re Syracuse UniversityNew York Supreme Court · 1955
- In re the Accounting of JudsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954
- In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1955
- In re the Estate of SimonsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- In re the Accounting of JudsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
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