MATTER OF KROOSS


302 N.Y. 424 (1951)

In the Matter of the Accounting of John H. Krooss, as Executor of Elise Krooss, Deceased Executrix of Herman Krooss, Deceased, and John H. Krooss, as Administrator C. T. A. of Herman Krooss, Deceased, Respondent. H. Peter Maue, as Executor of Florence K. Maue, Deceased, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 24, 1951


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. Vaughan, James A. Delehanty, William Indursky and Jacob Neuthaler for appellant.

David Ecker and Michael J. O'Reilly for respondent.

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


FULD, J.

Herman Krooss died in 1932. He was survived by his wife Eliese and his two children, a son, John Krooss, and a married daughter, Florence Maue. By his will, he gave his residuary estate, real and personal, to his wife, "to have and to hold the same for and during the term of her natural life," with the power to use any part of it for her support and maintenance that she deemed necessary; no trust was...

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