Legal Opinion
McKnight v. Bank of New York & Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 18, 1930PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
On the 1st day of November, 1928, Sarah A. McKnight made and executed a deed of trust wherein and whereby she constituted the defendants trustees to pay the income from a trust property, all of which was personalty, to herself for life, and upon her death to pay the balance to certain named beneficiaries. The following year she attempted to revoke this trust, and the courts below have held that she had accomplished this purpose. The trust instrument gave to her no specific power of revocation. It recited that whereas the settlor desired to relieve herself of the care of her estate and to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Whittemore v. Equitable Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Sears v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Vetterlein v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Whittemore v. Equitable Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Jackson v. TallmadgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Liberty Nat. Bank v. HicksCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- Dunnett v. First Nat. Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Frymer v. BellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- In re the Accounting of Security Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Kline v. 275 Madison Avenue Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1933
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