Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Strauss
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 4, 1973PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
S. Samuel Di Falco, S.
This is a proceeding to compel trustees to account. The petitioner was one of the trustees under the last will and testament of the decedent. This trustee since filing the petition died and his estate has been substituted as petitioner.
In an intermediate decision (Matter of Strauss, N. Y. L. J., June 22, 1972, p. 15, col. 4), the court set a hearing on the single issue presented by the petition and the answer, namely, whether certain German property should be included as part of the trust assets.
By clause third of his will, one half of the decedent’s residuary estate was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of HaleNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- In re the Appointment of an Ancillary Successor Trustee under the Will of GoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Chisolm v. HamersleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- In re the Estate of CruikshankNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of OsbornNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
3Cited by4 opinions
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- In re the Estate of DuysburghNew York Surrogate's Court · 1992
- In re the Estate of LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- In re the Estate of LewisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014