In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Bellion

235 A.D. 634

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: January 15, 1932
• Status: Published

Opinion

Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Queens county affirmed, with costs payable out of the estate to all parties appearing and filing briefs. Indulging in severance (Oliver v. Wells, 254 N. Y. 451, 457) requires the sustaining of the trust provisions for Katherine, Margaret and Howard Bellion. (Matter of Gallien, 247 N. Y. 195.) The trust provisions for decedent’s mother and sister may be distinguished from the corresponding provision for Mabel Crans in the Gallien case, for here the part of the trust fund for the benefit of the wife was only “ the balance of said net income ” after providing an income for the mother and sister. In the Gallien Case (supra) a possible accretion of income might occur and violate the statute. Here, such possible accretion would not go to the wife as in the Gallien ease; it would become a part of the remainder and pass to the son and daughter, Howard and Margaret. Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Seudder and Davis, JJ., concur; Hagarty, J., concurs with reference' to the provisions set up for the benefit of the wife and the two children but dissents with reference to the provisions affecting the mother and sister of the decedent.