Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Will of Alexander
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 9, 1959PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
S. Samuel Di Falco, S.
In this proceeding to construe decedent’s will questions have been raised as to the meaning and effect of two paragraphs of the decedent’s will.' Paragraph Seventh of the decedent’s will reads as follows: “seventh: I give and bequeath to my grand nephew, Theodore Goodman, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.) to be held in trust by his father Robert Goodman, until his twenty-first birthday, provided however that if he should predecease me this sum shall revert to my residuary estate.”
The question raised is whether in such paragraph the testator created a valid trust.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of EvansNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In Re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Jacoby v. . JacobyNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- In Re the Will of NeherNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate MannaraNew York Surrogate's Court · 2004
- In re the Estate of CourtoisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1964