Legal Opinion
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Troy Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 1, 1939PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Rensselaer county construing the will of Crumby Bolton, deceased. The question presented is whether the corpus of a trust fund passes to the appellant, who, alone of three children mentioned in the will, survived the termination of the trust; or whether the shares of the children who predeceased the life tenant pass to the representatives of such deceased children.
The trust clause is contained in the fourth paragraph of the will:
“ Fourth. I hereby give and bequeath unto my executors hereinafter named, the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Moore v. LyonsNew York Supreme Court · 1840
- In Re the Will of ChalmersNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In Re the Final Settlement of the Accounts of MahanNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In re Irving Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In re the Accounting of AlhartNew York Surrogate's Court · 1947
- In re the Accounting of American Security & Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1957
- In re the Accounting of WhitonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Allen v. WhiteNew York Supreme Court · 1951
- In re the Application to Compel an Accounting of BreedonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
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