New York Court of Appeals

Catharine W. Cooke, Appellant v. Thomas C. Platt

January 20, 188598 N.Y. 35

Summary

The Court affirmed the lower court's order, holding that the will did not create a valid trust in the executors, that title to the estate passed to the four children as fee devisees, and that the receiver lacked authority to exercise the discretionary power of sale.