Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Stimpson
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 31, 1933Published
1Opinion of the Court
O’Connor, S.
The petitioner asks for a construction of the will of deceased, claiming that it contains a direction for the unlawful accumulation of income, and that the persons entitled to the next eventful estate are entitled to receive the same.
*818The will of the testator, so far as is material to a decision of the question at issue, provides as follows:
“ Third. I direct my Executor to pay to iny wife, Mary M. Stimpson, the sum of Twenty Dollars a week, for and during the term of her natural life. In case an emergency arises, whereby said sum of Twenty Dollars a week is insufficient to properly…
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- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of BavierAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Curtis v. CurtisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918