Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Gordon
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 16, 1938PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
As is so frequently the case, the legal interest of the questions involved in this proceeding far transcends the comparatively insignificant monetary amounts involved in the determination.
The testatrix died in September, 1931, leaving a will, probated about two months later, by the terms of which the residue of her estate was given to her husband, Samuel Gordon, to two named brothers and a niece, in equal shares. The husband was named as executor and duly qualified as such. He filed an interim account in the fall of 1932 which was contested and resulted in a decree, dated July 26,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- In the Matter, Etc., of Estate of WestonNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Deobold v. . OppermannNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Central Trust Co v. West India Improvement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Warren v. . Union Bank of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- In re the Estate of MelzakNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Accounting of KochNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In Re Schocker's EstateSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1961
- In re CarpenterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of WinerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958