Legal Opinion
In re Seymour
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 15, 1919PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Application to revoke letters of administration.
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
In tMs proceeding William Seymour, a brother of decedent, prays that the decree of the Surrogate’s Court dated and entered January 28, 1919, appointing Anna Seymour, the widow of decedent, as administratrix, be vacated under section 2569, because the letters were obtained by false suggestion of a material fact in that the residence of the decedent was wrongly stated as being in White Plains, Westchester county, N". T. Under section 2515 of the Code, the Surrogate’s Court of each county has jurisdiction exclusive of every other Surrogate’s Court to grant letters of administration…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In Re Revocation of Ancillary Letters Testamentary of the Estate of NewcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Dupuy v. . WurtzNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Bolton v. . SchrieverNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- United States Trust Co. v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Comptroller of the State of New York v. Metropolitan Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of SeymourNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920
- In re the Estate of GaffneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of LyonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
- Nasser v. NasserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936