Legal Opinion

In re the Accounting of Humphrey

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 7, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert W. Bascom, S.

On this proceeding to settle the final account of the executor of the will of Lucy Bogardus we are called upon to construe that instrument. After directing payment of debts and funeral expenses and bequeathing six specific cash legacies, testatrix gave and devised to her executor and trustee all the rest, residue and remainder of her property, in trust, to maintain her home for the use of one Reginald Granger during his life, or so long as he occupied the same, and to apply the balance of income in a designated manner. On the death of the life beneficiary, or his sooner…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Wright v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  2. In Re the Appraisal Under the Transfer Tax Acts of the Property of KimberlyNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  3. Booth v. Baptist Church of Christ of PoughkeepsieNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. Oliver v. WellsNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  5. Kerr v. . DoughertyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of WienerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962
  2. In re the Estate of BeckerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962
  3. In re the Estate of DarmstadterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1967

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