Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Crounse
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 19, 1938PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rogan", S.
Among the objections filed to the writing propounded as the last will and testament of this decedent are that it was adeemed and revoked by a separation agreement executed by the decedent and her husband, the petitioner herein, on November 9, 1926, and that the paper offered for probate is invalid and illegal as a last will and testament in respect to real and personal property by reason of said separation agreement, it being claimed that the execution of the separation agreement constituted a revocation of the will under section 40 of the Decedent Estate Law. Proponent thereupon…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- In Re Proving the Will of McGillNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- In Re the Probate of the Will of HigginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of EvansAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- In re CronenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re the Probate of the Will of PascalNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- In re the Accounting of SussdorffNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
- In re the Probate of the Will of LansNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re the Probate of the Will of FoxNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
- Cooke v. CookeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
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