New York Court of Appeals

Emma S. Newman, Appellant v. Arthur G. Dore, as Trustees, Respondents, Impleaded With Others

July 13, 1937275 N.Y. 371

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court, holding that the trust agreements executed shortly before Ferdinand Straus's death were illusory transfers intended to defeat his surviving wife's statutory expectant interest and therefore void under sections 18 and 83 of the Decedent Estate Law.