New York Court of Appeals, 1943

French v. Kensico Cemetery

French v. Kensico Cemetery
New York Court of Appeals · Decided July 20, 1943 · <italic>Per Curiam.</italic>
50 N.E.2d 551; 291 N.Y. 77; 1943 N.Y. LEXIS 1067 (North Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

French v. Kensico Cemetery

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

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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