Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Baker
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 15, 1933PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, S.
This proceeding was instituted for a compulsory accounting by the executor of the last will and testament of decedent, and for a construction of said last will and testament. The will is in the handwriting of the decedent, who was not a lawyer, and, so far as appears in the record, was unfamiliar with legal terms or phraseology, and unskilled in the matter of drafting of legal instruments. At the time the will was made, his immediate family consisted of his wife, Ella Tuton Baker, and two daughters, Mae Baker Corey and Grace Baker Holmes, all of whom survived testator. The widow,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Herzog v. . Title Guarantee Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Overheiser v. . LackeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Bowditch v. . AyraultNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- Taggart v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of SuttonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Estate of JarvisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Accounting of GordonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Accounting of First National Bank of BinghamtonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949