In Re the Accounting of Sturgis
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made February 11, 190C, affirming a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court construing the will of Catharine Sturgis, deceased, and judicially settling the account of Thomas Sturgis as surviving trustee thereunder. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made February 11, 190C, affirming a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court construing the will of Catharine Sturgis, deceased, and judicially settling the account of Thomas Sturgis as surviving trustee thereunder. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The testatrix, by the 8th article of her will, appointed individual trustees, not by name, but by an adequate description, and did not intend to appoint either a municipal corporation or any officers thereof in their…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
This appeal involves the validity of the eighth clause of the will of Catharine Sturgis, deceased.
By the seventh clause of her will she gave to her sister, Esther Frances Sturgis, the income on the sum of six thousand dollars during the term of her natural life.
Bv the eighth clause she gave and bequeathed “ to the Select Men, or other municipal authorities of the East Parish of my native town Barnstable, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, or their successors forever by ivhat name soever such municipal authorities may at any time be known, the said sum of six thousand…
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