Case Name: In the Matter of the Accounting of Chemung Canal Trust Company, as Trustee under the Will of Cora A. Glover, Deceased, Respondent. Chauncey Glover, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Glover, Deceased, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-01-10
Citations: 278 A.D. 602
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Accounting of Chemung Canal Trust Company, as Trustee under the Will of Cora A. Glover, Deceased, Respondent. Chauncey Glover, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Glover, Deceased, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 278
Pages: 602–602

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Accounting of Chemung Canal Trust Company, as Trustee under the Will of Cora A. Glover, Deceased, Respondent. Chauncey Glover, as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Glover, Deceased, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate's Court of Chemung County which denied the right of appellant, as administrator of the estate of Robert Glover, deceased, to the residue of a trust fund provided for in the will of Cora A. Glover, deceased. The will of testatrix was judicially construed in a proceeding had in 1939, and it was there held that the testatrix died intestate as to the residue of the trust estate unless the beneficiary thereof, Jesse B. Sheffer, predeceased her. All interested parties, except Robert Glover, husband of the testatrix, were given notice of this proceeding. No appeal was taken from the decree entered therein, and the construction of intestacy if the beneficiary survived the testatrix became the law of the case. The beneficiary survived the testatrix by several years, as did also the husband, Robert Glover. Hence the residue of the trust estate must pass according to the Statute of Descent and Distribution, and the proceeds thereof should be paid to the husband's estate. The intent of the testatrix is of no avail as to any part of her estate as to which she died intestate. Decree reversed on the law and facts, without costs, and the matter remitted to the Surrogate's Court of Chemung County for the entry of a decree in conformity herewith. Poster, P. J., Heffernan, Brewster, Deyo and Bergan, JJ., concur.