Legal Opinion
New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Winthrop
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1923PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
The action is brought for the settlement of the accounts of a trustee and for the construction of a will.
Jabez A. Bostwick, who died in August, 1892, divided his residuary estate into three equal parts.
One of “ said equal third parts ” he devised and', bequeathed to the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company in trust to pay the income thereof to his wife Helen C. Bostwick during life, and “ upon her death to pay the same ” to his daughter Mrs. Nellie Bostwick Morrell during life, and upon the death of his “ said wife and daughter to convey, assign and deliver the said estate real and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Moore v. LittelNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Baer v. HendricksNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Wright v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In Re the Appraisal for Taxation of a Portion of the Estate of SeamanNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Fulton Trust Co. v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by127 opinions
- National Shawmut Bank v. JoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Barnhart v. BarnhartIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Estate of StanfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- In Re the Will of ChalmersNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
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