New York Court of Appeals

Katie I. Schermerhorn, Administrators v. Charles U. Cotting as Trustee

January 26, 1892131 N.Y. 48

Summary

The Court held that the trusts created by the testator are valid because each contingency limits the trust to two lives in being, and that the provision for accumulation of income is void. It affirmed the Special Term and reversed the General Term.