Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Pulitzer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 17, 1934PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
A further question of the construction of the will and codicils of the testator arises in this proceeding. The controversy involves the so-called “ Newspaper Trust ” created by Mr. Pulitzer. Prior decisions construing the terms of the testamentary instruments respecting this trust may be found in Matter of Pulitzer (139 Misc. 575; affd., 237 App. Div. 808) and in my supplemental decision in Matter of Pulitzer (40 Misc. 572; affd., 237 App. Div. 808).
The assets of the trust consisted of the stock of the Pulitzer Pubhshing Company of St. Louis, Mo., which pubhshed the Post Dispatch,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In re the Estate of PulitzerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Farmers' Loan Trust Co. v. . MortimerNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Fralick v. LyfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Newton v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Accounting of the National Commercial Bank & Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1963
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of PulitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935