Legal Opinion
United States Trust Co. v. Nathan
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1920PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action to construe the 17th paragraph of the will of Benjamin Nathan, deceased, and to pass the account of the plaintiff as trustee under said will.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The plaintiff trustee asks for a construction of one of the paragraphs of the will of its testator, Benjamin Nathan, who died in July, 1870, the will having been made in 1869. The portion of the will presented for construction, so far as it is necessary to quote it, reads as follows:
“ Seventeenth. I give and bequeath to the United States Trust Company of New York as many sums of seventy-five thousand dollars each as I shall leave daughters me surviving; and I also give and bequeath unto said company as many sums of seventy-five thousand dollars as I shall leave sons me surviving who are not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Robinson v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Everitt v. . EverittNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Riker v. GwynneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
- Eckert v. WilklowNew York Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States Trust Co. v. NathanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
- In re the Estate of WilsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of WhiteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
- In re the Accounting of HanchettNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943