Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Public Administrator
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 10, 1959PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Maximilian Moss, S.
The decedent was a World War I veteran who was adjudicated an incompetent in 1934. He was then hospitalized for the remainder of his life as a ward of the Veterans’ Administration. The hospital records disclose no information concerning next of kin, except that he had a brother whose whereabouts were then unknown. During the many years of decedent’s confinement in the hospital, no one claiming relationship to him ever inquired as to his welfare. His distributees cannot with due diligence be ascertained at this time. The assets of the estate consist of funds derived from the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Estate of LindquistCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- In re the Accounting of NicolosiNew York Surrogate's Court · 1948
- Abbott v. MorgenthauCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
- In re the Accounting of ElliottNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Matter of Estate of NovotnyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- In re the Estate of StrahlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1974