In re Laing

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re Laing

69 N.Y.S. 214, 59 A.D. 612

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMarch 8, 1901

StatusPublished

Cited by4 cases

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In re Laing, 69 N.Y.S. 214, 59 A.D. 612 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1901).

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GOODRICH, P. J.

This appeal involves the question whether the special term was justified in appointing a new trustee of a testamentary fund in place of Claiborne Ferris, dec.eased. The appellant claims that there is no necessity for any appointment. Briefly stated, the essential facts are that James Ferris, by the ninth clause of his will, created a trust fund for Ms daughter, Sarah, in the hands of Claiborne Ferris and others, his executors. They are now all dead. By á judgment of the supreme court in 1897, in an action to construe the will, it was adjudged that as Sarah had died in 1889 this trust fund belonged to the heirs of tlames Ferris, and should be allotted to them. The fund remained in possession of Claiborne Ferris, undistributed, up to the time of his death, in 1899. In it is the sum of $5,333, received from the city on condemnation proceedings of property on Bayard street. The petitioner, one of the children of the testator, and a devisee under the will, prayed for the appointment of a new trustee, for the purpose of executing and carrying out the provisions of the ninth clause of the will; that is, to distribute the fund among 34 parties interested. Apparently, all these parties except the appellant assented to, or did not dissent from, the distribution of the efund through a substituted trustee; and the court appointed a new trustee, for the purpose of executing and carrying out the trust, and directed the sum of $100 costs to .be paid to the petitioner out of the funds. A motion for a reargument was made and denied.

Upon the death of the trustees the trust devolved upon the supreme court, and the court had power to appoint a new trustee (chapter 185, Laws 1882), and its selection of a proper person is in a large measure a matter of discretion (Milbank v. Crane, 25 How. Prac. 193).

There seems to be no good reason for interference with the order of the special term, either as to the appointment of a new trustee or as to the allowance of costs, and the order should be affirmed, with costs. All concur, except SEWELL, J., taking no part.

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GOODRICH, P. J.

This appeal involves the question whether the special term was justified in appointing a new trustee of a testamentary fund in place of Claiborne Ferris, dec.eased. The appellant claims that there is no necessity for any appointment. Briefly stated, the essential facts are that James Ferris, by the ninth clause of his will, created a trust fund for Ms daughter, Sarah, in the hands of Claiborne Ferris and others, his executors. They are now all dead. By á judgment of the supreme court in 1897, in an action to construe the will, it was adjudged that as Sarah had died in 1889 this trust fund belonged to the heirs of tlames Ferris, and should be allotted to them. The fund remained in possession of Claiborne Ferris, undistributed, up to the time of his death, in 1899. In it is the sum of $5,333, received from the city on condemnation proceedings of property on Bayard street. The petitioner, one of the children of the testator, and a devisee under the will, prayed for the appointment of a new trustee, for the purpose of executing and carrying out the provisions of the ninth clause of the will; that is, to distribute the fund among 34 parties interested. Apparently, all these parties except the appellant assented to, or did not dissent from, the distribution of the efund through a substituted trustee; and the court appointed a new trustee, for the purpose of executing and carrying out the trust, and directed the sum of $100 costs to .be paid to the petitioner out of the funds. A motion for a reargument was made and denied.

Upon the death of the trustees the trust devolved upon the supreme court, and the court had power to appoint a new trustee (chapter 185, Laws 1882), and its selection of a proper person is in a large measure a matter of discretion (Milbank v. Crane, 25 How. Prac. 193).

There seems to be no good reason for interference with the order of the special term, either as to the appointment of a new trustee or as to the allowance of costs, and the order should be affirmed, with costs. All concur, except SEWELL, J., taking no part.

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