Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Lord
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 27, 1941PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The question here presented relates to the enforcibility against the estate of the promisor of a subscription agreement signed by this decedent, which reads as follows:
“ New Library Fund for Hillsdale College
“ Appreciating the need for building and endowing a new library at Hillsdale College, and in consideration of the gifts of others to a fund for this purpose, I hereby subscribe to Hillsdale College the sum of One thousand Dollars two memorial windows — note payable in eight quarterly payments commencing 1937 or payable at my convenience as follows:
“ $1000.00 Name Rivington D.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. . Childs Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Barnes v. . PerineNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Presb. Church of Albany v. . CooperNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Liberty Maimonides Hospital v. Felberg, New York County Courts1957
- Healy v. BrotmanNew York Supreme Court · 1978
- In re the Estate of LipskyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1965
- Jordan v. MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL OF GR. MIAMI, INC.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- In re the Estate of FieldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
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