Legal Opinion

In re Cincotta

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 22, 2013Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a probate proceeding in which Dorothy Perry Cincotta, as executor of the Estate of Dominick Cincotta, petitioned to settle her account, the petitioner appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County (Kelly, S.), dated May 4, 2012, as denied that branch of her motion which was, in effect, for a construction of the decdent’s will which would bequeath two notes secured by mortgages to her personally.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

“ ‘[TJestamentary instruments are strictly construed so as to give full…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In re the Accounting of United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
  2. In Re the Estates of CovertNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. In Re the Accounting of Chase National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  4. In re the Accounting of Franklin National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
  5. In re the Estate of MurrayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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