Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Seskis
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 27, 1956PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
George Frankenthalbr, S.
The objection of the special guardian to payments totalling $24,973.10, on account of a purported obligation of the decedent to his daughter, is sustained. The undisputed facts do not establish any legal obligation upon the executors to make this payment. The alleged obligation is premised entirely upon oral statements of the decedent before and after his daughter’s marriage. If the words of the decedent were expressive of an intention to make a wedding gift to his daughter, the fact is that a gift was never consummated by him in his lifetime. If the decedent’s…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Beard v. . BeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of WorthingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- In re the Accounting of Central Hanover BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949
- In re the Accounting of CoudertNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of FurnissAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate of LevineNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re the Estate of AnningerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962