Legal Opinion

In Re the Accounting of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 3, 1919PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 7, 1919, which affirmed a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court settling the accounts of the temporary administrator, executors and trustees of Caroline A. Brundage, deceased, and construing the will of said deceased.

1Per curiam

It is unnecessary at this time to decide whether the practical operation of the general plan of distribution of the remainder of the trusts created by the seventh clause of the will which was adopted by the surrogate may unlawfully suspend the power of alienation. Contingencies that may never arise need not now be considered. The order and decree should be modified by striking out the general directions in relation to the future disposition of such trust funds upon the death of the life beneficiaries other than Mary E. Taylor, deceased, and, as so modified affirmed, with one bill of costs to…

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  2. Matter of GallienNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  3. In Re the Accounting of SickelsNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  4. In re the Estate of FosterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
  5. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Intermediate Account of Van DerveerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1923

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