French v. Kensico Cemetery
New York Court of Appeals
French v. Kensico Cemetery, 50 N.E.2d 551 (N.Y. 1943)
291 N.Y. 77; 1943 N.Y. LEXIS 1067
<italic>Per Curiam.</italic>
French v. Kensico Cemetery
Opinion of the Court
The intention of the parties is clear that the defendant should accept the fund and invest it in interest-bearing securities and apply the income for the perpetual care of a burial plot. No purpose is served by attempted classification of the relationship created by the agreement of the parties. An agreement or a trust for such purpose is valid and enforcible under our statutes. (Personal Property Law, § 13-a; Membership Corporation Law, § 76; Surrogate’s Court Act, § 314.)
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
Lehman, Ch. J., Loughran, Rippey, Conway, Desmond and Thacher, JJ., concur; Lewis, J., taking no part.
Judgment affirmed.
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- Elizabeth A. French, Appellant, v. Kensico Cemetery, Respondent
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