Legal Opinion
Colonial Funeral Home v. Gatto
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 2, 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pasquale Bifulco, J.
After trial and the stipulated facts, the court’s findings of fact are as follows:
That Dominic Gatto died on September 1, 1986 and the funeral was held at the Colonial Funeral Home. Susan Guida, sister of the decedent (Dominic Gatto), made the funeral arrangements with Colonial Funeral Home.
*510That Betty Gatto, the spouse of the decedent, and decedent were voluntarily separated, i.e., without court order or written separation agreement. They had been married 38 years, and had not resided together for a period of approximately four years between 1981-1985.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Patterson v. . PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Apostle v. PappasNew York Supreme Court · 1935
- Watkins v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- In re the Estate of VitelliNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Accounting of KoretzkyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
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