Howard v. Leonard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Elizabeth De Witt Leonard and Jeremiah Potter Robinson, as executor and trustee,, etc., of Jeremiah P. Robinson, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the. plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th . day of October, 1895, upon the report of a. referee. . This action is in the nature of a creditor’s bill to reach surplus income of the defendant Elizabeth De Witt Leonard, against whom the…
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Appeal by the defendants, Elizabeth De Witt Leonard and Jeremiah Potter Robinson, as executor and trustee,, etc., of Jeremiah P. Robinson, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the. plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 10th . day of October, 1895, upon the report of a. referee. . This action is in the nature of a creditor’s bill to reach surplus income of the defendant Elizabeth De Witt Leonard, against whom the plaintiff holds a judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The defendant Leonard- is a daughter of Jéremiah P. Robinson,, who died leaving a large estate. .By..the terms of his will, so. far as essential to any cpiestion arising in this case, the devise, to his daughter was in trust as follows: “ Her share shall be held and kept invested, for the life of said daughter by my executors, or the survivors or survivor of them, and the net interest and income thereof shall, as it accrues,, be paid to- her,, or applied to' her uSe so-long as she shall live.” The will also devised to his wife, Elizabeth Robinson, certain personal property and…
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- Clute v. BoolNew York Court of Chancery · 1840
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- Stow v. ChapinNew York Supreme Court · 1889
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