In re the Estate of Hastings
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
When the will of deceased is examined as a whole it is seen that he intended to charge the capital of his estate only with his debts, funeral expenses (including a mausoleum) and the outright legacies provided for in paragraphs third and eighth of the will. His major and controlling purpose was to put all the rest of his capital into the hands of his trustee with direction that it use part to erect a sanitarium and that it invest and keep invested the remainder of his capital with the income to be used wholly for charitable purposes, except that temporarily some of such income…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- In Re the Accounting of Livingston PlattNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- In re the Estate of BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
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