Legal Opinion
In Re the Accounting of Goldberg
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1937PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Crane, Ch. J.
This appeal brings up for review the effect of section 35 of the Decedent Estate Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 13), as amended by chapter 459 of the Laws of 1932, upon a will executed on June 6, 1930, twelve days before Abraham Goldberg the testator and Pauline Goldberg were married. The testator died on April 1, 1933, about a year after the amendment to section_ 35 of the Decedent Estate Law. The will was made pursuant to an oral ante-nuptial agreement and with a view to obtaining the consent of the woman to the marriage. This agreement to marry and to make a will was not in writing. It…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Canada v. IhmsenWyoming Supreme Court · 1925
- Gould v. MansfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Hunt v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Adams v. SwiftAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Ralph v. CronkNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
3Cited by27 opinions
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- Blackmon v. Estate of BattcockNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- In re the Estate of BuehlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- In re the Estate of SchloessingerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
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