Legal Opinion
Fay v. Fitzgerald
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 8, 1973No. 452, Docket 72-1817PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge:
John Patrick Fay, an elderly well-to-do resident of Manhattan, died abroad in 1972; he left no will and appellee, the Public Administrator of New York County, was designated by the Surrogate’s Court as administrator of his estate. Appellant, Christa Ruthe Fay, a non-resident alien, made claim on appel-lee as the decedent’s common-law widow, asserting that they were so married in Florida in 1960 when she was 23 and he 70. The other claimants to the estate were a resident of England who said she was the intestate’s half-sister and three French residents claiming to be nieces.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- City of Lafayette, Louisiana, and City of Plaquemine, Louisiana v. Lousiana Power & Light CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Diane Giardina v. Adele Fontana, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Joseph FontanaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Gwynn H. GILLIAM, Appellant, v. CITY OF OMAHA, a Municipal Corporation, Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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