Case Name: Matter of the Estate of Samuel Hawk, Deceased
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1907-04
Citations: 6 Mills Surr. 133
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matter of the Estate of Samuel Hawk, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mills' Surrogate's Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 133–134

Head Matter:
Matter of the Estate of Samuel Hawk, Deceased.
(Surrogate’s Court, New York County,
April, 1907.)
Life estates—Bights of ufe tenants as distinguished from those of REMAINDERMEN—GAIN OR LOSS ON INVESTMENT OF FUND—PREMIUM PAID FOR SECURITIES.
Where executors and trustees are given the broadest discretion in making investments and the will does not impose upon them the duty of providing a sinking fund to reimburse principal for premiums paid for securities purchased by them, they will not be charged with any loss incurred by reason of the shrinkage in value of any such securities.
Proceeding upon the judicial settlement of the accounts of executors.
Miller, King, Lane & Trafford, for Jay O. Moss, trustee; Coleridge A. Hart, for William S. Hawk, trustee; Edward H. Hawke, Jr., special guardian; Warren Leslie, special guardian, objectant.

Opinion:
Thomas, S.
It is evident from the provisions of the will that the testator intended to give his executors and trustees the broadest discretion in making investments, and the purchase and retention of such securities as are disclosed by the account were made within the scope of their authority. Duncklee v. Butler, 30 Misc. Rep. 58; Lawton v. Lawton, 35 App. Div. 389; Matter of Hall, 164 N. Y. 196. They will not be charged with any loss incurred by reason of shrinkage in value of any of the securities. The will does not impose upon them the duty of providing a sinking fund to reimburse principal for premiums paid in the purchase of other securities, and it is fairly to be inferred from the provisions for the benefit of the life beneficiaries that it was the testator's intention that they should receive the income subject to the deduction of only the ordinary expenses of administration and of the trust. ¡Notice costs for taxation and settle decision and decree on notice.
Decreed accordingly.