Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Sullivan
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 7, 1941PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
James J. Sullivan died on December 20, 1935. His will was admitted to probate on January 31, 1936, on which date letters executory were issued to Martin T. Mantón and Edward W. Sullivan, the executors therein named. The beneficiaries under the document were the widow, a brother and a sister of the testator.
In 1938, following the institution of a compulsory proceeding, the executors filed purported accounts of their transactions, to which various objections were interposed. Among others these included one on behalf of the widow that the account failed “ to include all the shares,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Johnson v. . LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In the Matter, Etc., of Estate of WestonNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Rathbone v. . HooneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Pardee v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
- In re the Estate of EbbetsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Rozewski v. RozewskiNew York Supreme Court · 1944
- Estate of Meister v. McAuliffeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
- In re the Accounting of KochNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- Kennedy v. KennedyNew York Supreme Court · 1949
- In re the Accounting of GoodliffeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
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