MATTER OF BROOKS


43 Misc.2d 407 (1964)

In the Matter of The Estate of Aline R. Brooks, Also Known as Aline H. Rhonie, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Nassau County.

June 30, 1964


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Horowitz and Sheldon J. Turtletaub for petitioners. C. Walter Randall, as special guardian for Jill Sicardi and another, infants. Tenzer Greenblatt Fallon & Kaplan for National Council to Combat Blindness. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Geo. J. Wallace of counsel), for charitable beneficiaries. Thacher Proffett Prizer Cowley & Wood for American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.


JOHN D. BENNETT, S.

This is a construction proceeding in which the court is requested to determine whether the will authorized the trustees to invest in nonlegals.

Paragraph "Twelfth" of the will grants to the trustees "all the powers now available to attorneys in fact under Sections 222 to 233 inclusive of the General Business Law of the State of New York." Paragraph "Thirteenth", by which the executors...

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