Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Williams
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 6, 1948PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
In this accounting proceeding the law applicable to. the distribution of the proceeds of a wrongful death action which arose in a foreign jurisdiction must be determined. *556Deceased was a resident of this county and State. Site died in an automobile accident in New Hampshire. She left surviving her a husband and an infant dependent child who is issue of a prior marriage of deceased. The New Hampshire death action statute differs from our own in that it directs distribution of the proceeds of such action one half to a surviving spouse and one half to minor and dependent issue when…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Kiefer v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- In re BurkeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1948
3Cited by5 opinions
- Riley v. Capital Airlines, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1963
- In re the Estate of VogelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- In re the Accounting of DimirskyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- In re the Accounting of SmulowitzNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
- In re the Estate of HausvikNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960