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MATTER OF FIELDS

302 N.Y. 262 (1951)

In the Matter of the Accounting of The National City Bank of New York, as Trustee under Two Trust Agreements Made by William C. Fields (Known as William C. Fields Trusts No. 1 and No. 2), Respondent. Harriet V. Fields et al., Respondents; Walter Fields et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 8, 1951

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Kobbé for appellants.

Maurice Mound, Bert Cotton and Arthur H. Simms for Magda Michael, respondent.

H. Vincent Smart and Robert D. Cole for Harriet V. Fields, respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

LEWIS, J.

Incidental to an accounting the petitioner-respondent, the National City Bank of New York, as trustee under two inter vivos trusts made by the late William C. Fields, instituted these separate proceedings under article 79 of the Civil Practice Act for the construction of each trust agreement as a means of determining the rights, shares and interest, if any, of certain named beneficiaries in the...

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