Legal Opinion
Merrill v. Lynch
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1939PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChurch, J.
In 1925 and 1926 Jennie V. and Richard II. Lynch, legally domiciled in Maryland but having a summer residence at Westhampton Beach, N. Y., each set up three irrevocable trusts of personal property to pay the income to their son Edmund, a resident of New York, for life, with a general power in Edmund to appoint the remainder by will and, in default of appointment, as to two of the trusts, to the lawful issue of Edmund living at his death per stirpes, and, as to the other four, to the children of Edmund living at his death.
Each of the six trusts was drawn in New York by New York attorneys. Each…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Cutting v. . CuttingNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- In Re the Estate of GreenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Lyon v. AlexamderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- McNaughton v. . McNaughtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Burnham v. . ComfortNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- In re the Accounting of HaskellNew York Supreme Court · 1969
- In re the Will of PopeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
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