Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Billings
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 13, 1931PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, S.
Decedent’s will was construed by this court on August 6,1930. (See Matter of Billings, 137 Misc. 758.) Thereafter the attorneys for the respective interested parties herein appeared in court to agree upon the form of the decree to be entered upon that decision. Counsel for Mae Taylor Higgins made an informal application to reopen the proceeding, pursuant to subdivision 6 of section 20 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, on the ground of newly-discovered evidence, which he believed competent and material upon the construction to be placed upon paragraph 6 of decedent’s will. The…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Smith v. . EdwardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Reynolds v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Dwight v. FancherNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Reynolds v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- West v. WestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
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