Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Sandford
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 1938PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The testatrix, Lisa W. Sandford, who died February 7, 1934, was the daughter of Thomas B. Winchester, a resident of Massachusetts, whose will was probated in that Commonwealth in March, 1904. By his will Mr. Winchester established a trust in favor of this testatrix, among others, with power of. appointment by her in her will of the beneficiary of the principal. By the seventh paragraph of Mrs. Sandford’s will, executed June 30,1932, and the codicil, executed. September 1, 1933, she exercised this power in favor of ten individuals and one charitable institution.
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- In Re the Estate of DuryeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. DoughtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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