Legal Opinion
In re Polansky
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 15, 1915Published
Application for leave to intervene.
1Opinion of the Court
Ketcham, S.
— The decedent died on January 13, 1915, leaving him surviving no next of kin nearer than cousins and children of deceased cousins.
In this proceeding for probate the children of deceased cousins seek to intervene, upon the claim that they would be entitled to share in the decedent’s estate if it were found that he died intestate.
The Statute of Distributions is definitely construed to mean that the representation which is permitted to descendants of brothers and sisters of the decedent is denied to the descendants of any collateral relation of the decedent other than a brother or…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Adee v. . CampbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of De VoeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- In re the Final Accounting of ProteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1907
- In Re the Accounting of De VoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Clements v. BabcockNew York Supreme Court · 1899