Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of O'Keeffe
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 23, 1938PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
A preliminary issue requiring determination in this contested accounting proceeding involves an attack upon the validity of a written agreement made by the four surviving children of the testator after his death. The agreement was entered into in order to avoid a threatened contest of the will which bad been offered for probate. A compromise of the controversy that had arisen between *149the parties in respect of their rights and interests in the estate under the will was thereby effectuated and after the execution of the instrument the will was admitted to probate without contest. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will of CookNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Matter of WentworthNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Fisher v. FisherNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Minehan v. HillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Slater v. SlaterNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Estate of CaswellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- Helitzer v. HelitzerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- In re the Construction of the Will of FiscusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974
- In re the Estate of BeckleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Helitzer v. HelitzerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985