Legal Opinion
Newman v. Dore
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1937PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The Decedent Estate Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 13, arts. 2,3) regulates the testamentary disposition and the descent and distribution of the real and personal property of decedents. It does not limit or affect disposition of property inter vivas. In terms and in intent it applies only to decedents’ estates. Property which did not belong to a decedent at his death and which does not become part of his estate does not come within its scope.
The share in the real and personal property of a decedent, not devised or bequeathed, which a husband or wife takes is now fixed by section 83 of the Decedent…
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3Cited by153 opinions
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