Legal Opinion
In re the Estates of Hess
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 29, 1932PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Feely, S.
On July 29, 1930, these two infants were killed in a gas explosion that wrecked their home in Fairport, N. Y. Both father and mother survived them. The mother, having been appointed administratrix, effected a compromise of the statutory cause of action for negligence causing their respective deaths (Dec. Est. Law, § 130, as added by Laws of 1920, chap. 919), brought on these proceedings to settle her accounts and distribute the damages so recovered. There is now in court a little less than $4,200 in one case and $1,100 in the other. In these proceedings the mother alleges that the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- In re the Adoption of DavisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re MacLeanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1919
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3Cited by6 opinions
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