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MATTER OF SCHIFF

203 Misc. 805 (1952)

In the Matter of the Construction of The Will of Jacob R. Schiff, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

December 2, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schiff, Dorfman, Stein & Brof for Chase National Bank of the City of New York, as trustee under the will of Jacob R. Schiff, deceased, petitioner.

John G. Saxe and Henry J. Kennedy for Trustees of Columbia University and another, respondents.

Robert Szold and Phillip I. Blumberg for Jewish Publication Society of America and another, respondents.

Webster, Sheffield & Chrystie for New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations, respondent.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (P. Hodges Combier of counsel), in his statutory capacity under section 12 of Personal Property Law and section 113 of Real Property Law, respondent.

Denis M. Hurley, Corporation Counsel (John F. Kelly and Herbert Lefkowitz of counsel), for Board of Higher Education, on behalf of City College of the College of the City of New York, and another, respondents.

COLLINS, S.

Testator by paragraph Seventeenth of his will created a trust of his residuary estate and directed that the income and principal thereof be paid over to such public, charitable or educational corporations in such amounts as may be directed by a committee of three composed of the presidents for the time being of Columbia University, College of the City of New York and Jewish Publication Society of...

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