United States Trust Company of New York v. . Hoyt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme .Court in the first judicial department, entered April 10, 1916, affirming a judgment of Special Term construing a certain deed of trust and directing distribution. The deed of trust provided that upon the death of the life beneficiary the principal should be divided amongst his next of kin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme .Court in the first judicial department, entered April 10, 1916, affirming a judgment of Special Term construing a certain deed of trust and directing distribution. The deed of trust provided that upon the death of the life beneficiary the principal should be divided amongst his next of kin. The said beneficiary died without issue and the question litigated on the accounting was whether an adopted daughter of a deceased brother was entitled to share in the said fund. The trial court held that by virtue of the adoption she became…
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Chase, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan and Crane, JJ. Not sitting: His cock, Ch. J., and McLaughlin, J.
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