Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Roberts
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided January 25, 1933PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFeely, J.
The proponent, the special guardian, and one of the legatees, each now move to charge personally on the contestants separate bills of costs in the probate proceeding in which the jury upheld the last will and codicil of this testatrix. The union of the inconsistent interests of the two contestants, and on the other hand, the fact that in upholding the will the proponent also protected the legatees thereunder, including the infant, permits a discussion in which the question need not now be divided.
The contestants put in issue the sanity of testatrix, the compliance with the statute on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- In re SeagristAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- In re the Estate of RogersNew York Surrogate's Court · 1926
- In re Proving the Alleged Last Will & Testament of MarshallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of CorbinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Husted v. . Van NessNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of O'BrienNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Estate of KaufmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Estate of O'DowdNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of ShapiroNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963