Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Hill

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided December 4, 1935PublishedCited by 4 opinions

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

  1. In re EnnisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  2. In re the Estate of StrandburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
  3. Appleton v. GreenfieldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
  4. In re the Estate of HutchinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of BahrenburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
  2. In re the Probate of the Will of SalkindNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
  3. In re the Probate of the Will of EleanorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
  4. In re the Estate of O'DanielsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1971

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