New York Court of Appeals

Herbert Mee, an Infant, by Edwin A. Watson, His Guardian Ad Litem, Appellant v. Henry W. Gordon…

February 26, 1907187 N.Y. 400

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and affirmed the Special Term, holding that the will's second clause modifies the first to give John B. Mee only a life estate with an absolute remainder to his wife and children, that the executors act as trustees, and that the provision does not violate the statutes on suspension of alienation.