Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Golden

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided January 18, 1938Published

1Opinion of the Court

Delehanty, S.

In this discovery proceeding a sympathetic jury has rendered a verdict which if approved by the court will give to respondent other people’s money. The jury patently were influenced by sympathy for respondent whose emotional conduct in their presence obviously created sympathy for her among the jurors. Her claim is without any real basis. • Her own letters written after the death of deceased expressly negative the validity of her claim. One of her witnesses who testified to having been present at the making of the gift stated in his own handwriting to the public administrator…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cherry Creek National Bank v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
  2. Cattano v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. Kinne v. International Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  4. Cattini v. . American Railway Express CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
  5. Cattini v. American Railway Express Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API