Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Woolfson
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 8, 1936PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The opposing contentions of the parties to this proceeding are so thoroughly illustrative of the apparently current misconceptions of a considerable proportion of the bar relative to the addition to section 231-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act effected by chapter 332 of the Laws of 1934, that the occasion should be utilized in an attempt to clarify the theory, purpose and effect of this enactment.
The original section, which was passed in 1923 (Chap. 526), as is lucidly demonstrated in Matter of Matheson (265 N. Y. 81, 85), was, to a certain degree, declaratory of existing law and in…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Adams v. . GilligNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Harmony v. . BinghamNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Rodkinson v. HaeckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Whitehead v. . KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Kilpatrick v. . Germania Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
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3Cited by15 opinions
- In re the Estate of SchanzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
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- In re the Estate of LessigNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of GellerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of PagnottaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
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