Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Meledandri
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 6, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Millard L. Midonick, J.
Petitioners, decedent’s adult son and daughter, who are beneficially interested in the remainder of the estate as the only presumptive remaindermen, seek to prevent the executor from entering into an alleged contract of sale, and a sale in accordance with such alleged contract, of decedent’s real property in Pound Ridge, New York. The central issues are (1) whether the executor is bound by an enforceable contract for the sale of the property, (2) whether he is free by virtue of the Statute of Frauds, (3) whether the same terms were agreed upon even…
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- In re the Accounting of HubbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
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