MATTER OF BROWN


120 Misc.2d 799 (1983)

In the Matter of The Estate of Joseph O. Brown, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Westchester County.

June 30, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pell & Leviness for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, petitioner. Beilenson & Rosin for Jane H. V. Rapp and others, respondents. Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Foley for John A. Curtis, Jr., and others, respondents.


EVANS V. BREWSTER, S.

In this contested accounting proceeding, the jurisdiction of this court has been placed in issue. The specific question presented is, can a New York court determine the validity of the exercise of a power of appointment by a will executed and admitted to probate in the State of Ohio over trust property being administered in this State? The decedent, a New York resident, executed a will in 1950 leaving one third of his residuary estate...

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