Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Sidman
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 28, 1935PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The dearth of authority respecting the interpretation and effect of section 19 of the Decedent Estate Law authorizing and regulating the “ compromise of controversies arising between claimants to property or estates where the interests of infants, incompetents or persons unknown or not in being are or may be affected,” which is the subject-matter of the present proceeding, argues either the unfamiliarity of the bar with this enactment or the naturally speculative instinct of the average citizen.
Whereas this statute and its forerunners, section 24 of the Personal Property Law and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Schuttinger v. WoodruffNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Brecht v. HammonsArizona Supreme Court · 1929
- Scott v. ScottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
- Fisher v. FisherNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In re the Estate of CaswellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of DraskeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of PerlmutterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of JefferiesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of CusimanoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
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