Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Cooke

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 26, 1965Published

1Opinion of the Court

Laurence D. Wood, S.

Decedent passed away on August 24, 1963, and her last will and testament was duly admitted to probate by this court on October 16,1963.

Decedent and the mother of claimant Charles H. Hoeflich were close girlhood friends many years ago when both had resided in Syracuse, and this friendship continued and flourished during the subsequent years, after each had married. During this period claimant’s parents were living in Pennsylvania, and decedent and her husband were living in Syracuse, New York, and were frequent house guests of each other. Later decedent was a frequent house…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McKeon v. . Van SlyckNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. Williams v. . HutchinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
  3. Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  4. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of HamiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  5. In re the Estate of BastenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1953

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