precatory language

Surrogate: Dog Groups Barking Up The Wrong Tree

May 09, 2011 15:04

This is my third “dog pun” post in as many years.  If you’ve read this blog since its inception, or have merely been sniffing through the archives, then know that real estate heiress Leona Helmsley left $12 million in her will in trust for her four-legged friend,...

A Sop For Cerberus

Eric W. Penzer

February 26, 2009 15:59

My post dated December 31, 2008, concerned the trust created by Leona Helmsley, specifically, the two page “mission statement” in which she expressed her desire that the trust funds be used for the care and welfare of dogs and “such other charitable activities as the Trustees...

Leona's Wishes May be Thrown To The Dogs

Eric W. Penzer

December 31, 2008 22:52

If you don’t like dog puns, you might want to stop reading now. Hotelier and real estate magnate Leona Helmsley loved dogs and she made no bones about it. Leona Helmsley left $12 million in her will in trust for her dog, Trouble. And, although Surrogate Renee Roth reduced the trust to $2...