Legal Opinion
Bishop v. Bishop
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1931PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
This action involves the construction of the ninth article of the will of David Wolfe Bishop, the elder, who died in 1900, a resident of Massachusetts, leaving a wife, Florence V. C. Bishop, afterwards Mrs. Parsons, and two sons, Cortlandt F. Bishop and David Wolfe Bishop, Jr.
By the article in controversy the residuary estate was divided into three shares upon trusts and limitations substantially as follows: One share to be held in trust for Mrs. Bishop during her Ufe with power to appoint the remainder to her sons and their issue in such proportions as she chose, and in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dorchy v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Williams v. Standard Oil Co. of La.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Cross v. United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- In Re the Accounting of WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Matter of HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
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3Cited by59 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- In re the Estate of WalbridgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- Estate of SahlenderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- In Re the Will of RoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- In re the Accounting of Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
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