Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of West

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 1, 1941PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Foley, S.

Among the issues involved in this accounting proceeding, there has arisen a question of the construction of article fifth of the will. By that article the testator gave his residuary estate to his trustee in trust “ to apply the net income from said estate to the use of my wife, Emma M. West, during the term of her natural life, or until she shall remarry; provided, however, that during the fife of my said wife, Emma M. West, but not after her death, there shall be first applied out of the said net income the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per month to the use of my brother, Zimri…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matter of Ossman v. . Von RoemerNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. In re the Estate of WestNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of WestNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
  2. In re the Estate of AlexandroffNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of City Bank Farmers Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942

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