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MTR. OF HOFFMAN

53 A.D.2d 55 (1976)

In the Matter of the Accounting of The Bank of New York, as Trustee of the Trust Created by Mary U. Hoffman, Deceased, Respondent. Rosemarie Murphy, as Guardian of Jason B. Hawthorne and Another, Infants, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 24, 1976

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Montgomery for appellant.

Kenneth R. Page of counsel (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, attorneys), for respondent.

MURPHY, J. P., CAPOZZOLI, NUNEZ and LYNCH, JJ., concur.

BIRNS, J.

In this appeal from part of a decree entered in the Surrogate's Court, we are asked to decide whether the term "issue" in a will should be construed to include illegitimate grandchildren of an income beneficiary of a trust established under the terms of that will.

Mary Hoffman, the testatrix died in 1951. Her will established a trust for the benefit of her two cousins and provided that when the...

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