Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Sorensen
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 19, 1949PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGarey, S.
The decedent died a citizen and resident of this county. His mother, a citizen of Denmark and resident therein, petitions for the issuance of letters of administration upon his estate to a domestic trust corporation. The right so to do is based upon chapter 221 of the Laws of 1948, which amended section 100-a of the Banking Law. The provisions of that section are discussed by Surrogate Delehantt in Matter of Ernst (193 Misc. 177).
The Surrogate’s Court Act and its predecessors, the Code of Civil Procedure and the Revised Statutes, have charted the *743course of the court in its…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- In Re the Estate of FindlayNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Brinckerhoff v. . BostwickNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In re the Estate of HaydenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In Re the Administration of the Estate of CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 6 v. Town of GreenburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- City of Mountlake Terrace v. StoneCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1971
- State v. DouglasNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
- Bearden v. Boone, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1985
- In re the Estate of WeilAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
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