Legal Opinion

United States Trust Company of New York v. . Hart

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 20, 1913PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 9, 1912, which affirmed a judgment of Special Term in an action to construe and to determine the validity of the will of Benjamin Hart, deceased.

1Opinion of the Court

Judgments of the Special Term and Appellate Division modified by adding to the third clause of the Special Term judgment, which is as follows: “ Third, that the defendant Isabel Lucchesi Guillemin is not entitled to any share or portion of the estate of said Benjamin Hart, the testator, and has no interest therein,” the following “ excepting such claim, if any, to the residuary estate as she may hereafter be able to establish in the event that the testator’s nephew, Michael Hart, shall die without having exercised the power of appointment granted him by the Eleventh clause of the testator’s…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. In re BennettNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  2. In re the Estate of LeonoriNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
  3. In re the Estate of StrebeighNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
  4. In re the Estate of HoffNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
  5. In re the Probate of the Will of LamoutteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949

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