Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hayes
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 18, 1934PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
This is an application verified by one who alleges herself to be the president of Frank E. Hayes, Inc., to compel the executor of Frank E. Hayes to return to the possession of the corporation its corporate books and records.
The first defense of the respondent to the effect that this court has no jurisdiction of such a proceeding is obviously wholly without merit. Section 206-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act expressly grants such power. That this enactment is merely declaratory of the law which has existed for the past twenty years is demonstrated by Matter of Enright (149 Misc. 353,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Penniman's CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- In re the Estate of EnrightNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Trustees of the New York Protestant Episcopal Public SchoolNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- In re Chase National BankNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of MathesenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of LevineNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of PostNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935