Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Clift
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided August 23, 1929PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, S.
Clift <fc Goodrich was an old and well-established partnership, conducting a business of commission merchants handling knit underwear and other knit goods. It was established by Clift, the decedent, in 1888. Its annual profits were very substantial. Clift died November 5, 1916. In his will, duly admitted to probate, he named as executors and trustees Edward I. Goodrich, his surviving partner, Martin E. Corbett, an employee of the firm (who later became a partner in the succeeding firm), and Louis Werner, the attorney for the firm and for the estate. Only Goodrich and Corbett…
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- Carpenter v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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