Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Backer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 15, 1933PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
This is an application for construction of a will and for determination of the effect upon the provisions thereof of *319section 26 of Decedent Estate Law. The will was executed December 18, 1924. Except for an article of personalty specifically bequeathed, it gives all his estate to his wife. Testator died November 18, 1932, leaving two children born after the date of the will. On March 24, 1928, the deceased took out two life insurance policies on his life in Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. On the same day he executed a trust agreement, now effective, whereby the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Leach v. . GodwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- In re the Estate BrantNew York Surrogate's Court · 1923
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of LeslieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- In Re the Accounting of LeslieNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of FaberNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Valley National Bank v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1941
- In re the Estate of SchwabacherNew York Surrogate's Court · 1952
- Estate of HaleCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- In re the Estate of FaberAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952