Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1938

In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Merrifield

In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Merrifield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 23, 1938
255 A.D. 1008; 9 N.Y.S.2d 573; 1938 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6249
In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Merrifield

Opinion of the Court

Decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Richmond county, modified by striking the following words from the tenth ordering paragraph thereof: “ and in the event that the income from said fund in any one year should amount to more than the monthly payments to the said Robert V. Reagan, then the excess of such income shall be be payable to Sarah Dunn, who at this time is the next eventual taker of the residuary estate, subject however to being divested of her contingently vested estate by the birth of issue to Robert V. Reagan.” As thus modified, the decree is unanimously affirmed, with costs to each of the appellants, payable out of the fund. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Davis, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.

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