Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Cooke
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 30, 1944PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
This is an accounting of the transactions of the executors and trustees as to three trusts created by the will. Dispute only arises as to the income of the trusts created for the benefit of William Wilbur James Cooke as life tenant. He is the husband of the testatrix. She died on November 25, 1933. The life tenant was adjudicated as an incompetent on May 8, 1933. He was committed to the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital where he has since continued as a patient.
The principal question presented is the right of the State of New York, through its duly constituted officer, to obtain…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Claim of Raymond v. Estate of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Matter of Carnegie Trust CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Ungrich v. UngrichNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- In re the Estate of YardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
- In re the Accounting of WesleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate SurbeckNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of BinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Estate of RueffNew York Surrogate's Court · 1956
- In re the Estate of DaubneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1992
- In re the Estate of FinkenbergNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958