Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Stoffel

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1980PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding for the judicial construction of the last will and testament of John Stoffel, deceased, petitioners appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Richmond County, dated June 24, 1980, which dismissed the petition. Decree affirmed, with one bill of $50 costs and disbursements payable by the petitioners personally, for the reasons stated in the memorandum decision of Surrogate Paulo (see, also, Matter of Beu, 70 Misc 2d 396, affd 44 AD2d 774; Matter of Cairo, 35 AD2d 76, affd 29 NY2d 527). Mangano, J. P., Gibbons, Gulotta and O’Connor, JJ., concur. [104 Misc 2d 154.]

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of CairoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
  2. In re the Estate of CairoNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. In re the Estate of BeuNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
  4. In re the Estate of StoffelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1980

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of StoffelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1983