In re the Estate of Hill
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
It is fortunately rare that the usual application -to vacate a decree is accompanied by such a deluge of affidavits and briefs as have been submitted on the present occasion. Could the determination be based solely on physical weight, the petitioners must succeed by a wide margin since their moving papers and replying affidavits total no less • than one hundred and forty-seven pages to fifty-one for their opponents, although their poundage predominance in briefs is not so marked, showing only forty-three to thirty-eight pages.
Unfortunately for the court, much of this total volume…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re EnnisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re the Estate of StrandburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
- Appleton v. GreenfieldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- In re the Estate of HutchinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Probate of the Will of BahrenburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- In re the Probate of the Will of SalkindNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- In re the Probate of the Will of EleanorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- In re the Estate of O'DanielsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1971