New York Court of Appeals

In the Matter of the Accounting of Thomas Morris, as Executors of Catherine Gorey, Deceased, Appellants…

October 14, 1919227 N.Y. 141

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that paragraph eight of the testatrix's will creates a valid charitable trust for funeral expenses, masses, and a tombstone, and that the entire residuary estate must be administered in trust for those purposes, rejecting the next of kin's claim that the gift should be limited.