Legal Opinion
In re the Construction of the Will of Shubert
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 18, 1962PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
The controversy here involved centers around article Eighteenth of the will of Lee Shubert which directs the payment of estate taxes, as follows: “ I direct that all estate, inheritance, succession, transfer or similar taxes on my estate passing under this will shall be paid out of my residuary estate.”
The executors under the will instituted this proceeding in Surrogate’s Court, New York County, seeking determinations “ (a) as to whether or not there has been a direction by the testator which makes inapplicable, either wholly or in part, Section 124 of the Decedent Estate Law, relating to…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- In re the Estate of PepperNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- In Re the Accounting of PhippsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- In re the Accounting of PhippsNew York Supreme Court · 1946
- Wahr EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- In re the Construction of the Will of MattesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Erieg EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Second National Bank of New Haven v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1963
- In re the Estate of RobbinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1989
- Estate of NeiderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
- In re McKinneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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