Legal Opinion

Farrell v. Farrell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 3, 1923Published

1Per curiam

The order should be affirmed. Distribution of the fund on deposit, resulting from the sale of decedent’s property in the action *366to admeasure the widow’s dower must be made by the Supreme Court (Real Prop. Law, § 490, as added by Laws of 1920, chap. 930; Matter of Murphy, 197 App. Div. 139; affd., 232 N. Y. 547), but the petitioner to obtain an order of the Supreme Court granting distribution in her favor must, under section 1046 et seq. of the Civil Practice Act, produce an order or decree of the Surrogate’s Court made upon an application to sell decedent’s real estate under section 236 et…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of DusenburyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1901
  2. Lichtenberg v. LichtenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of EganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
  4. In Re the Accounting of EganNew York Court of Appeals · 1921

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