In re the Accounting of Chase Manhattan Bank
This text of 16 Misc. 2d 562 (In re the Accounting of Chase Manhattan Bank) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York Surrogate's Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The petition seeks a construction of the Fifth ’ ’ article of the will to determine the validity, construction and effect of a bequest made therein to ‘ ‘ American Bed Cross, Brooklyn Chapter. ’ ’ The petition discloses that American National Bed Cross ’’ is a corporation incorporated by an Act of Congress of the United States, and that American National Bed Cross, Brooklyn Chapter is the local branch of said incorporated corporation. A bequest will not be defeated by misnomer if the testator’s intent is ascertainable (Kernochan v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 187 App. Div. 668, affd. 227 N. Y. 658). The court finds that the testator intended the gift provided in said article ‘ ‘ Fifth ” to be payable to ‘ ‘ The American National Bed Cross, Brooklyn Chapter ” maintaining its offices at No. 1 Bed Cross Place, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Settle decree on notice.
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