Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Slensby
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 28, 1938PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The problem posed in the present proceeding concerns the responsibility of an executor or administrator for the loss to an estate by reason of the malefactions of a cofiduciary.
William P. Slensby died on April 20,1922. His will was probated in this court about six weeks later. It bequeathed $2,500 in general legacies, gave two-sevenths of the residue outright each to his daughter, Laura E. Mutteen, and his son, Joseph P. Slensby, two-sevenths in trust for the fife benefit of his son, Robert Slensby, with remainder to the wife and children of the latter; and the final one-seventh in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Carrier v. . CarrierNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Adair v. . BrimmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Ormiston v. . OlcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Croft v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Wilmerding v. . McKessonNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of StanleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- In re the Estate of LippnerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1987
- In re the Estate of RubinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1990
- In re the Accounting of MackNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957