Haas v. Childs
New York Surrogate's Court
Petition by Rebecca Childs, the widow of decedent, for a grant, to her, of letters of temporary administration upon decedent’s estate; opposed by Henry W. Haas, a son of decedent by a former marriage. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.
The pendency of a controversy over the probate of a paper purporting to be decedent’s will, and the fact that the issues of such controversy cannot be speedily determined, make it expedient to put this estate into the hands of a temporary administrator. To this proposition all parties interested assent. The decedent’s widow seeks to be appointed to that office. She is the proponent of the paper in dispute, and is nominated therein as its executrix. If it shall be admitted to probate, she will take, by virtue of its provisions, one third of the income of the entire estate; the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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