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Matter of City Bank Farmers Trust Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 26, 1955
308 N.Y. 971 (N.Y. 1955)

Summary

acknowledging that in the will at issue, the “power of appointment is broad and unrestricted; it evidences an indifference by the donor to regulate or control the . . . quality or quantity of [the donees' elected beneficiaries'] estates”

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Opinion

Submitted April 12, 1955

Decided May 26, 1955

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, HAZELTON, S.

Joseph H. Choate, Jr., and William A. Moore for appellants.

Orison S. Marden, Kenneth C. Johnson and Malcolm J. Edgerton, Jr., for John Tucker and others, respondents.


Order affirmed, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate; no opinion.

Concur: CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of City Bank Farmers Trust Company

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 26, 1955
308 N.Y. 971 (N.Y. 1955)

acknowledging that in the will at issue, the “power of appointment is broad and unrestricted; it evidences an indifference by the donor to regulate or control the . . . quality or quantity of [the donees' elected beneficiaries'] estates”

Summary of this case from Cadwell v. Citibank

providing the will's language

Summary of this case from Cadwell v. Citibank
Case details for

Matter of City Bank Farmers Trust Company

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Accounting of CITY BANK FARMERS TRUST COMPANY, as…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 26, 1955

Citations

308 N.Y. 971 (N.Y. 1955)
127 N.E.2d 337

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