Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Sonderling
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 1, 1935PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
In the accounting and construction proceeding the court construed the will of the testator, especially with reference to the effect of section 17 of the Decedent Estate Law. The opinion decision, filed April 25,1935, is reported in 155 Miscellaneous Reports, 403. The contest had been brought by the committee of Lena Sonderling, testator’s incompetent mother.
On May 25, 1935, after the rendition of the opinion decision, but before the entry of the decree thereon, the mother, Lena Sonderling, died. Her committee became “functus officio.” Her administrators now seek to-be substituted in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Trustees of Amherst College v. RitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- People, Ex Rel. Wood v. . LacombeNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Killian v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- In Re the Will of HillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Estate of AdamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
- In re Estate of NorcrossNew York Surrogate's Court · 1971
- In re the Estate of CashmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of DonnellyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of ArmstrongNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
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