Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of James
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 10, 1933PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The questions here presented for determination are raised by cross-applications, the first, on behalf of the executors seeking a determination that they are authorized to set off against the sums payable to certain distributees, the amounts of the indebtednesses due the estate from them, and the second, by the latter to compel the executors to make such payments without setoff.
The affairs of this estate were before the court in June, at which time certain portions of the will were construed (Matter of James, 148 Misc. 124). In that proceeding the court determined (148 Misc. 124,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Claim of Raymond v. Estate of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Smith v. KearneyNew York Court of Chancery · 1848
- Winkler v. LietmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Holmes v. McPheetersIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of CoombsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In re the Estate of EnrightNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Estate of KalikNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- In re the Estate of SawinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
- In re the Estate of EwaldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
- In re the Estate of MacnealNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
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