Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Sitkin
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 12, 1934PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
An interesting and apparently hitherto undetermined question respecting the effect of the newly-given right of a surviving spouse to elect to take against a will is raised in the case at bar.
Mayer Sitkin, the surviving spouse, intermarried with the decedent, Sarah, at some undisclosed time considerably prior to 1917. In that year they were residing in Holyoke, Mass. He then abandoned the deceased and his children, and remained away until some time in 1919, the wife supporting herself by her own efforts during the interval.
In or about January, 1919, he was induced by a son to return…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Hiles v. . FisherNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Harris v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Matter of MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Public National Bank v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Rowell v. . JanvrinNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In re the Estate of GreenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- Erbrich Products Co., Inc. v. WillsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
- People v. Kollender, New York County Courts1939
- In re the Estate of ClarkNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
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