Case Name: ANNA K. GILMAN, Appellant, v. THEOPHILUS GILMAN, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-03
Citations: 11 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 68
Docket Number: 
Parties: ANNA K. GILMAN, Appellant, v. THEOPHILUS GILMAN, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 11
Pages: 68–69

Head Matter:
ANNA K. GILMAN, Appellant, v. THEOPHILUS GILMAN, Respondent.
Discretionary power in executors — must be exercised by magority.
Where a discretionary power is given to executors to withhold payments to certain children of the testator, it must be exercised by a majority of the executqrs.
Appeal from an order of the surrogate of the county of New York, directing the payment of $25,000 to the respondent, as part of his residuary interest in the estate of the testator. The payment was opposed by one of the then executors: 1st. Because she thought it desirable that the payment should be deferred, the testator having given a discretionary power to his executors to withhold payment from his children, for a suitable period beyond the age of twenty-five years; 2d. That the amount would, with what the respondent had already received, exceed what- had been paid to the other legatees, which was denied by the respondent. The court modified the order by reducing the amount to $17,000.
E. C. Benedict, for the appellant.
Charles H. Glover, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Daniels, J.
Davis, P. J., and Brady, J., concurred.
Order modified by reducing amount to $17,000, and as thus . modified affirmed, without costs to either party.