Legal Opinion
In re Letters of Administration on the Goods, Chattels & Credits of Bunimowitz
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 6, 1927PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Schulz, S.
The petitioner, a son of the decedent, applies for letters of administration upon the latter’s estate. The respondent, the widow, opposes, and requests that they be issued to her.
Section 118 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, in so far as material to the question involved, provides that “ Administration in case of intestacy must be granted to the persons entitled to take or share in the personal property, who are competent * * * in the following order: 1. To the surviving husband or wife.” A surviving wife is entitled to share in the personal estate of her deceased husband (Decedent…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Estate of D'AdamoNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Lathrop v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of MalcomsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- In re Wilson's EstateNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re the Administration of the Goods, Chattels & Credits of SeymourNew York Surrogate's Court · 1900
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re the Estate of KassamNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Schley v. DonlinNew York Supreme Court · 1927
- In re the Probate of the Will of MurphyNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- In re the Estate of GourlayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
- In re the Estate of WagnerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
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