Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Pepper
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 4, 1954PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConway, J.
This is an appeal by leave of this court from an order of’the Appellate Division, First Department, affirming, unanimously, a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Frankenthaler, S.), which adjudged that paragraph Third of testator’s will was not a direction against estate tax apportionment within the meaning of section 124 of the Decedent Estate Law.
Testator died on June 12,1949, survived by his wife and two sisters.
Paragraph First of the will revokes all earlier wills and codicils.
Paragraph Second directs the payment of debts and funeral expenses.
Paragraph Third — which is in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of PhippsNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- In re the Accounting of PhippsNew York Supreme Court · 1946
- In re the Estate of KaufmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re DettmerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
- In re the Will of DurkeeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
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3Cited by87 opinions
- In Re Ogburn's EstateWyoming Supreme Court · 1965
- In re the Construction of the Will of ShubertNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- In re the Construction of the Will of PotterNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Johnson v. HallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Estate of McAuliffeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
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