Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Dean
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 17, 1927PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The language used in section 303 of the World War Veterans’ Act, 1924 (43 U. S. Stat. at Large, 625, chap. 320, as amd. by Id. 1310, chap. 553), in eliminating the restrictions as to the permitted class of beneficiaries who may take war risk insurance proceeds (U. S. Code, tit. 38, § 514), compels the construction that unpaid monthly installments which “ shall be paid to the estate of the insured,” become assets of the" estate, distributable as such (except as to escheat) (Matter of Ryan, 129 Misc. 248; affd., 220 App. Div. 835; Matter of Storum, Id. 472; Matter of Schaeffer, 130…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Plummer v. ColerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- In re the Estate RyanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
- In re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of SchaefferNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
- In re the Estate of ShawNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States Trust Co. v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Wanzel's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- In re the Accounting of BreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- First Nat. Bank Horse Cave v. Cann's Ex'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- Cronin's EstatePennsylvania Orphans' Court, Erie County · 1932