In re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
In re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co., 302 N.Y. 787 (N.Y. 1951)
99 N.E.2d 9; 1951 N.Y. LEXIS 927
In re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.
Opinion of the Court
Decree affirmed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate. No opinion.
Concur: Loughran, Ch. J., Conway, Fuld and Froessel, JJ.; Lewis, Desmond and Dye, JJ., dissent and vote for reversal in the following memorandum: When the will is read as a whole, it is clear that the testatrix intended a ratable distribution of the remainder of the Sibyl M. Bower trust among the named beneficiaries. (Matter of Low, 232 App. Div. 414, affd. 257 N. Y. 613; Matter of Knickerbocker, 255 App. Div. 309, affd. 280 N. Y. 560.)
Reference
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- In the Matter of the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Company, as Trustees under the Will of Euretta J. Schlegel, Trustees of Columbia University, Appellant Agnes K. Bower, Individually and as of Sibyl M. Bower
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