Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Carpenter
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 11, 1935PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, S.
This accounting comes on by virtue of the filing of a petition by Emma V. Schafer, as general guardian of Lillian M. Schafer, and the issuance of a citation directed to the administrator of this estate requiring him to show cause why he should not file and settle his account.
Emmett W. Carpenter died intestate June 5, 1922. Thereafter the intestate’s son, Walter L. Carpenter, then over twenty years of age, requested a neighbor, Charles W. Prussia, to become his, the son’s, general guardian, and by reason of such guardianship to in turn administer the estate of the father.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- King v. . TalbotNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Ingersoll v. CoramSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Adair v. . BrimmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- In Re the Accounting of Fulton Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931
- In re the Estate of WagnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re SpitzmullerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
- In re the Estate of JuilliardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- Madden v. PhelpsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1995