Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Armstrong
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 20, 1936PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Matter of Sloat (141 Misc. 710), upon which the objectant relies, was a correct statement of the law controlling the devolution of the estate of the particular decedent there in question, who died on May 9, 1925, but the applicability of the decision is expressly limited therein to “ section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law, as existing prior to the enactment of section S of chapter 229 of the Laws of 1929” (p. 711). (Italics not original.) The present decedent died on May 19, 1934.
By the amendment referred to it was provided that “ the validity of a devise or bequest for more than…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Crawford v. . McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- In Re the Will of HillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In Re the Accounting of ProssNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Morton v. . WoodburyNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of WebsterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- In re the Accounting of BoettgerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- In re the Estate of GyllstromNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of ChildsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Will of GillelandNew York Surrogate's Court · 1946