O'Hagan v. Kracke
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
Plaintiff was named as life beneficiary under a deed, of trust of personal property. Thereafter, by a written instrument, he waived all his interest in such trust. The settlor, on November 23, 1921, named another life beneficiary under that trust and made plaintiff life beneficiary under a similar trust set up by will. Later the settlor revoked this will to avoid a threatened contest thereof by her son because of the provision made for plaintiff. In lieu of the testamentary trust, plaintiff received from the settlor an absolute gift in prsesenti of a value more than seven-ninths the value of…
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