In re the Estate of Barringer
New York Surrogate's Court
This proceeding is brought by the petitioner, Clarence H. Barringer, under section 2716 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to compel Jacob Barringer and Theodore Barringer, administrators, etc., of Harriet S. Barringer, deceased, to file an inventory of the decedent’s personal property, as required by law.
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This proceeding is brought by the petitioner, Clarence H. Barringer, under section 2716 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to compel Jacob Barringer and Theodore Barringer, administrators, etc., of Harriet S. Barringer, deceased, to file an inventory of the decedent’s personal property, as required by law. A citation having been issued directed to the administrators, and calling upon them to show cause why an order should not be entered, requiring them, to file such inventory, they interpose an answer, denying that the petitioner is interested in the estate of the intestate as next of kin or…
1Opinion of the Court
Strong, S.
Upon this state of facts, it is claimed by counsel for the petitioner that, under the several acts passed in this State legitimatizing illegitimate children of parents who have subsequently married, the petitioner, Clarence H. Barringer is now one of the next of kin of his grandmother, Harriet S. Bar-ringer, deceased; that as such next of kin he is now entitled to a distributive share in her personal estate, and that, therefore, his status to maintain this proceeding as one of the persons interested in the estate is established. The first act in this State making legitimate the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Westervelt v. . GreggNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Ryder v. . HulseNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of ShefferNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of KennyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1982
- In re the Estate of LauerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
- In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1983