Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Field
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 27, 1959PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Edgar F. Hazleton, S.
This proceeding is brought by the New School for Social Research to compel payment by decedent’s executors of the sum of $126,044.68, the unpaid balance of an alleged charitable subscription made by decedent during his lifetime.
*951It appears from the proof that the decedent made an oral pledge on or about June 3, 1953, of the sum of $125,000 during a building drive conducted by petitioner. This pledge was made contingent upon petitioner’s raising the sum of $2,000,000 within a three-year period ending on June 2, 1956. Thereafter and on or about January 18,1955, during a…
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- Allegheny College v. National Chautauqua County Bank of JamestownNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- St. Regis Paper Co. v. Hubbs & Hastings Paper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Barnes v. . PerineNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Presb. Church of Albany v. . CooperNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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