Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Jacobs

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 18, 1956PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding by the public administrator of Queens County for letters of administration of the estate of the decedent, Michael Francis Jacobs, the public administrator and an object ant, decedent’s half sister, appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, granting letters to an objectant, one Hugh McConnell, administrator of the estate of Margaret R. Jacobs, decedent’s mother. Decree reversed on the law and the facts, with costs to appellant public administrator, payable out of the estate, and proceeding remitted to the Surrogate’s Court to revoke the letters heretofore…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Roche v. . NasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
  3. In re the Accounting of StanleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
  4. Weed v. . Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
  5. In re LangdonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of PinnockNew York Surrogate's Court · 1975
  2. Boucher v. ReganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
  3. In re the Estates of CovertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. In re the Estate of DorseyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1994

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