Legal Opinion
Morgan v. Keyes
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 1950PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenvenga, J.
This is an action for a judgment settling the final accounts of the plaintiffs as trustees under a declaration of trust made by J. Pierpont Morgan. No issue is raised as respects the accounts themselves. The only question presented involves *987the disposition of the trust fund. The problem requires a judicial construction, of (1) the trust instrument; (2) the last will and testament of Mr. Morgan, and (3) the last will and testament of Louisa P. Satterlee, the beneficiary of the trust and a daughter of Mr. Morgan.
Mr. Morgan, the creator of the trust, died in March, 1913; Mrs. Satterlee died in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. CannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Williams v. . MontgomeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Farmers' Loan Trust Co. v. . KipNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Lockwood v. . MildebergerNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Low v. Bankers Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate of GillespieNew York Surrogate's Court · 1989
- Morgan v. KeyesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1950