In re the Estate of Baileson

New York Court of Appeals
In re the Estate of Baileson, 16 N.Y.2d 757 (N.Y. 1965)
209 N.E.2d 810; 262 N.Y.S.2d 487; 1965 N.Y. LEXIS 1219

In re the Estate of Baileson

Opinion of the Court

Memorandum : We hold that a stipulation against the apportionment of accrued income, i.e., income earned by the corpus, but not yet payable to the trustee, does not, in and of itself, deprive the widow of the benefit of the income from a trust for life under section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law (Matter of Byrnes, 260 N. Y. 465, 473-474; N. Y. Legis. Doc., 1930, No. 69, pp. 87-88) so as to give her a right of election.

In addition we hold that counsel fees should not be awarded out of the estate (Surrogate’s Ct. Act, § 278; Matter of Liberman, 6 N Y 2d 525, 530-531).

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the matter remitted to the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, for the entry of a decree not inconsistent with this memorandum.

Judges Dye, Fuld, Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi and Bergan concur in Memorandum; Chief Judge Desmond dissents and votes to reinstate the order of the Surrogate’s Court.

Order reversed, in accordance with the memorandum' herein, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate, and matter remitted to the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, for further proceedings not inconsistent with the memorandum.

Reference

Full Case Name
In the Matter of the Estate of Ben Baileson, David B. Goodman, as Executors of Ben Baileson, Appellants Flora Baileson
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Published