In re Silliman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Edward Mitchell and Grosvenor S. Hubbard, as executors, etc., of Benjamin D. Silliman, deceased, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 10th day of June, 1902, denying an application to modify a decree theretofore entered in the proceeding fixing the transfer tax upon the estate of the said testator.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This was an application to modify a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings county fixing the transfer tax upon the estate of Benjamin D. Silliman, deceased. In 1901 the executors and trustees under the will paid to the Comptroller of the State of New York $51,456.71, being the amount of the transfer tax as previously assessed under a decree and modified decree of the Surrogate’s Court. In the present proceeding the executors and trustees sought a modification of the previous decrees on two grounds: (1) That subsequently *99to the payment of the tax the personal property of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In Re the Estate of GihonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- In re CooganNew York Supreme Court · 1899
- Morgan v. CowieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- In re Estate of CrerarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- People Ex Rel. Koch v. . OdellNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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