Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Reeve
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 15, 1902PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Proceedings upon the accounting of an administratrix.
1Opinion of the Court
Petty, S.
The brother, Thomas O. Wells, claims the entire fund under Real Property Law, § 290, reading as follows: “ § 290, Relatives of the half-blood.—Relatives of the half-blood and their descendants, shall inherit equally with those of the whole blood and their descendants, in the same degree, unless the inheritance came to the intestate by descent, devise or gift from an ancestor; in which case all those who are not of the blood of such ancestor shall be excluded from such inheritance.”
The administratrix and the guardian unite in claiming that the brother is entitled to one third, the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kingsland v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- McCarthy v. . MarshNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Wheeler v. . ClutterbuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Valentine v. WetherillNew York Supreme Court · 1860
- Armstrong v. MoranNew York Surrogate's Court · 1850
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Purcell v. SewellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1931
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of YoungsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1911