Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of White
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 17, 1930PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The question here presented involves a somewhat novel application of a principle which is as old as property rights.
George R. White, the present intestate, died a resident of Kings *632county on the 12th day of November, 1919, and on the tenth day of December of that year letters of administration upon bis estate were duly issued to the public administrator of Kings county.
On December 28, 1925, a petition for probate of heirship was filed in this court which resulted in a decree, dated February 3, 1927, that the sole heirs and next of kin of George R. White, at the time of his death,…
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- Munson v. Exchange National BankWashington Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by2 opinions
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