Metropolitan Trust Co. v. Krans
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Separate appeals by the defendants, Horatio S. Krans, as executor, and by Fanning C. T. Beck, individually and as executor and trustee, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondents, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of May, 1918, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
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Separate appeals by the defendants, Horatio S. Krans, as executor, and by Fanning C. T. Beck, individually and as executor and trustee, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondents, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of May, 1918, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term. The appeal is taken from said judgment in so far as it construes the will of Sarah Ann March, deceased, and provides that upon making the payments therein directed the plaintiff and the Atlantic Trust Company, its predecessor as…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action by the substituted trustee under the last will and testament of Sarah Ann March, who died on' the 25th day of November, 1860, for the construction of and an accounting under said will. The will was duly admitted to probate by the surrogate of the county of Kings and letters testamentary were duly issued thereunder to Richard Sands Tucker as sole executor. The testatrix left her surviving two daughters, Louisa March and Lucy D. Sheafe, and three sons, and three grandchildren, the children of her son Thomas Henry March, who predeceased her, as her only heirs at…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Baer v. HendricksNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Savage v. . BurnhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Fulton Trust Co. v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Underwood v. . CurtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Estate of AckermanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
- In re the Estate of EinsteinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920
- In re the Estate of MilhauNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1924
- In re the Estate of KissamNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
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