Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Ferris
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 16, 1955PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCoon, J.
Harriet A. Ferris, the decedent, died on October 17, 1951. An instrument in writing purporting to be her last will and testament, dated October 17,1942, has, without citation or notice to appellants, been admitted to probate in St. Lawrence County, New York. Another will executed by the same decedent, dated June 7, 1951, in which appellants' are named as legatees, has been admitted to probate in Kings County, New York. To untangle this legally impossible situation it becomes important for jurisdictional purposes to determine the residence and domicile of decedent at the time of her death.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Revocation of Ancillary Letters Testamentary of the Estate of NewcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Dupuy v. . WurtzNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- In Re the Estate of TrowbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- In Re Proving the Will of DaggettNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
3Cited by9 opinions
- Porcello v. BrackettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- In re the Estate of PingpankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Estate of Meyer v. HeymannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- In Re Estate of KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
- In re the Estate of FischerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961
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