Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Jayne

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 5, 1983Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Appeal from a supplemental decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Tioga County (Siedlecki, S.), entered February 2, 1982, which found that decedent died without heirs and with a lapsed disposition of her residuary estate, thereby causing her residuary estate to revert by escheat to the State of New York. On November 25,1977, decedent Clara Jayne died leaving a will which, aside from a specific bequest, left all of her property to her husband, who was also appointed as executor of her estate. Her husband had predeceased her on June 16, 1977, however, with the result that letters of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of KeyserlingNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  2. In re the Probate of the Will of MacomberAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949
  3. In re the Accounting of DallyNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
  4. In re the Accounting of BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  5. In re the First International Accounting of McGintyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972

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