Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of O'Brien
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 23, 1933PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Feely, S.
After seven days of trial before a jury, the contestant succeeded in regaining her quarter or equal share in the $35,000 *556estate of her deceased mother by the jury finding testatrix incompetent at the date of the will that excluded her, leaving all the estate to the three other children. She was at once confronted with a slightly less unfavorable will made six years before the invalidated one. This threatens to minimize her present success.
Contestant’s costs were taxed under section 278 of the Surrogate’s Court Act on a basis of sixty days, at $1,995. Her counsel now moves, under…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Carley v. . HarperNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of EhlertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- Two Rector Street Corp. v. BeinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Estate of LounsberryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- In re the Settlement of the Estate of WellingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In re the Estate of HaydenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Adoption of ManziNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of SorensenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In re the Accounting of GravesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1950
- In re the Estate of DavisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957
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