Legal Opinion
In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 11, 1933PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The order of the Appellate Division modifying the decree of the Surrogate must itself be modified in a particular hereafter stated, and as thus modified will be affirmed.
This will has been here before (Dwight v. Fancher, 245 N. Y. 71), and this appeal again calls for an interpretation of the instrument. In fact, the respondents insist that the prior decision is res adjudicóla in this proceeding, but as parties are now before the court who were not in that litigation, the decision is rather an authority than a binding judgment here.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Moore v. LittelNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Connelly v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Livingston v. . GreeneNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Hersee v. . SimpsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- In Re the Will of BumpNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
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3Cited by170 opinions
- In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- In re the Accounting of KroossNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- In re the Accounting of KeyserlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- In re the Estate of WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- In Re the Accounting of Irving Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1941
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