In the Matter of the Accounting of Alexander B. Crane, as Substituted Trustee of Lewis F. Battelle, Deceased. C…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the surrogate's decree, holding that the legacies to the testator’s brothers, sisters and niece were contingent remainders that did not vest until the death of the testator’s widow, and therefore the share that would have gone to Emma Biggs must be divided among her five surviving children.