Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Curley
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 15, 1936PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The question here presented concerns the propriety of the award of allowances to counsel for various parties to proceedings under section 145-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act, for the determination of the validity and effect of an attempted election by a surviving spouse to take in contravention of the terms of a will, and under subdivisions 2 and 8 of section 18 of the Decedent *393Estate Law for an adjudication of the effect of the validation of the elective right on the remaining testamentary directions.
The applications rely on the provisions of section 278 of the Surrogate’s Court…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- In Re the Estate of GreenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In Re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Matter of HowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re the Estate of WeissmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In re the Accounting of JudsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- In re the Estate of SielckenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
- In re the Construction of the Will of GriffingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961
- In re the Estate of SeyfriedNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
- In re the Estate of MerrickNew York Surrogate's Court · 1980
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