MATTER OF SAXTON


274 A.D.2d 110 (2000)

712 N.Y.S.2d 225

In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN P. SAXTON, Deceased. MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee of the Trust Created by the Will of JOHN P. SAXTON, Deceased, Appellant-Respondent; MARY R. CRITTENDEN et al., Respondents-Appellants.

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

August 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hodgson, Russ, Andrews, Woods & Goodyear, Buffalo (Gandolfo V. DiBlasi of Sullivan & Cromwell of counsel, New York City), for appellant-respondent.

Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse (Robert Kirchner of counsel), for respondents-appellants.

Nixon & Peabody, L. L. P., Rochester (William S. Brandt of counsel), for New York Banker's Association, amicus curiae.

MERCURE, J.P., CREW III, SPAIN and GRAFFEO, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PETERS, J.

John P. Saxton (hereinafter decedent) died in November 1958, leaving Anna E. Saxton (hereinafter Saxton), his widow, and respondents, his two daughters, as his distributees under his will. Under a residuary trust established therein, Saxton was given income for her life, with authority to the trustee to invade the principal as necessary to provide for her maintenance and support. The remainder of the trust was bequeathed in...

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