Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of William F. Wadsworth, as Trustee Under the Last Will and Testament of Robert B. Wylie, Deceased
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1908-03
Citations: 6 Mills Surr. 398
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of William F. Wadsworth, as Trustee Under the Last Will and Testament of Robert B. Wylie, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: Mills' Surrogate's Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 398–399

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of William F. Wadsworth, as Trustee Under the Last Will and Testament of Robert B. Wylie, Deceased.
(Surrogates Court, Kings County,
March, 1908.)
Life estates—Merger of life estates with other estates—In general —Upon inheritance of remainder.
Where one entitled by will to receive the rents, issues and profits of real and personal property during her life, inherits from her son the remainder, the two estates merge, and she is entitled to the whole property.
Proceeding upon the account of a trustee.
Hubbard & Rushmore, for trustee.

Opinion:
Ketcham, S.
The will of Robert B. Wylie contains the provision : " I give and bequeath to William F. Wadsworth of said Borough of Brooklyn, all the residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal in trust nevertheless to collect the rents, issues and profits and income therefrom to pay the same to my sister, Susan W. Noyes of Atlanta, Georgia, during the term of her natural life, and upon her death to pay over all of said estate to her son Sydney B. Noyes, to him, and his heirs forever."
Sydney B. Noyes has died intestate, leaving no widow or descendants, and no heirs at law or next of kin except his mother, Susan W. Noyes, and his sister by the half-blood on the paternal side, Annie A. Noyes. The sister is not of the blood of the testator, Robert B. Wylie, and is excluded from inheritance under his will. Real Prop. Law, § 230.
The only heir at law and next of kin to take the remainder in question is the mother, Susan W. Noyes; and, as in her person the life estate and the remainder merge, she is entitled to the entire estate.
The account will be settled as rendered, and a direction in accordance with these views should be embodied in the findings and decree.
Decreed accordingly.