Harlin James Woodward, an Infant, by Guardian v. Julia L. James

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that the will created an implied trust vesting legal title in the widow as trustee, that "legal heirs" take per stirpes as under intestacy, that the plaintiff grandchild has no interest in the personal estate, and that any excess charges beyond the heirs' income moiety must be charged to the widow's share, not the corpus.