Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Snell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 1962PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Per curiam
Appeal is taken by the executors from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of St. Lawrence County which denied and disallowed their appeal from the so-called pro forma order of the Surrogate assessing the estate tax (see Tax Law, §§ 249-w, 249-x), whereby, in disregard of the report of the appraiser (Tax Law, § 249-v) and, in appellants’ view, of his ministerial duty in the first instance to value and assess the estate in accordance with such report, the Surrogate decreased the amount of the reported and approved deduction of $150,000 for attorneys’ fees by the sum of $100,000 and increased by…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re the Estate of PottsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
- Matter of Mylod v. GravesNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of CostelloNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Sewell & CampbellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1900
3Cited by20 opinions
- In Re Estate of BarkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Newman v. SilverDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Solow v. WellnerCivil Court of the City of New York · 1991
- In re ReadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- In re the Estate of AitkenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1994
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