Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Rehill
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 8, 1932PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
The testator not having declared in express terms that the provisions made by his will for the widow are given in lieu of dower, the widow brings this proceeding for a construction of the will and a determination of the question whether she is put to her election.
The decedent died August 6, 1930, and the will was admitted to probate on September 4, 1930. The testator took a second wife on July 2, 1929, and he executed his will July 3, 1929. The decedent’s first wife had died leaving him and six children surviving. On February 5, 1931, the widow instituted in the Supreme Court an…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Savage v. . BurnhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Lewis v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Vernon v. . VernonNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Konvalinka v. . SchlegelNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- In Re the Final Accounting of FrazerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of HardenberghNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of StevensNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re RehillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1932