Case Name: Estate of Hannah Farmer, Deceased
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1888-06-16
Citations: 17 N.Y. St. Rep. 776
Docket Number: 
Parties: Estate of Hannah Farmer, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 17
Pages: 776–776

Head Matter:
Estate of Hannah Farmer, Deceased.
(Surrogate’s Court, New York County,
Filed June 16, 1888.)
Will—Construction of—What not an unlawful suspension of the'. POWER OF ALIENATION.
By the provisions of a certain will, $2,000 was given to the daughter of testatrix and the residue of the estate, after the usual direction as to debts and a legacy of fifty dollars, was given to her son. The executors were directed to deposit the funds in a savings bank, paying the interest semiannually to the beneficiaries, but the legacies were not to be paid until five years after her decease Held, that there was no unlawful suspension, of the power of alienation. Following Warmer v. Durant, 76 Ñ. Y., 133.
George H. Kracht, for proponent; James H. Wood, for Mary E. Heisel.

Opinion:
Ransom, S.
By the provisions of this will $2,000 was-given to the daughter of testatrix, and the residue of the estate, after the usual direction as to debts and a legacy of fifty dollars, was given to her son. The executors were directed to deposit the funds in a savings bank, paying the interest semi-annually to the beneficiaries; but the legacies, were not to be paid until five years after her decease.
It is claimed by the contestant that such a disposition, constituted an unlawful suspension of the power of alienation, and the case of Smith v. Edwards (88 N. Y., 92) is cited, in support of this contention. That case is not in point,-, there the whole interest upon the fund in question was not-given to the legatees, but was diverted to other purposes during the delay of payment. This case comes clearly within the rule laid down in Warner v. Durant (76 N. Y., 133).
Let a decree be presented admitting the will to probate.