Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of George L. Weed and Wayne W. Wilson, as Executors, etc., of Charlotte Barnett, Deceased. In the Matter of the Petition of Lillian Barnett, Respondent, to Vacate and Set Aside a Decree Judicially Settling the Accounts of George L. Weed and Wayne W. Wilson, as Executors, etc., of Charlotte Barnett, Deceased, and to Compel Such Executors and Trustees to Render and Settle a Full and True Account as Such. Wayne W. Wilson, as Executor and Trustee, etc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-02
Citations: 182 A.D. 926
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of George L. Weed and Wayne W. Wilson, as Executors, etc., of Charlotte Barnett, Deceased. In the Matter of the Petition of Lillian Barnett, Respondent, to Vacate and Set Aside a Decree Judicially Settling the Accounts of George L. Weed and Wayne W. Wilson, as Executors, etc., of Charlotte Barnett, Deceased, and to Compel Such Executors and Trustees to Render and Settle a Full and True Account as Such. Wayne W. Wilson, as Executor and Trustee, etc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 182
Pages: 926–926

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of George L. Weed and Wayne W. Wilson, as Executors, etc., of Charlotte Barnett, Deceased. In the Matter of the Petition of Lillian Barnett, Respondent, to Vacate and Set Aside a Decree Judicially Settling the Accounts of George L. Weed and Wayne W. Wilson, as Executors, etc., of Charlotte Barnett, Deceased, and to Compel Such Executors and Trustees to Render and Settle a Full and True Account as Such. Wayne W. Wilson, as Executor and Trustee, etc., Appellant.
The ruling of the learned surrogate that these testamentary trustees had no authority to break into the capital of this trust property, is amply sustained by the terms of the wall, which gave only income to the grandchildren before they should arrive at the age of twenty-one. Such payments were an unauthorized invasion of the principal, which the trustees had no right to break into. (Matter of Fero, 9 How. Pr. 85; Deen v. Cozzens, 7 Robt. 178, 190; Cass v. Cass, 15 App. Div. 235, 239.) The will gave authority to pay over income. In view of all the facts, we modify the decree to the extent that interest on $505.46 runs from January 20, 1915, when the petitioner came of age. As thus modified the decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county is affirmed, without costs.

Opinion:
Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Mills, Rich and Putnam, JJ., concurred. Order to be settled on notice.