Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Nicholson
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 1, 1966PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Robert W. Bascom, S.
In this proceeding, under section 145-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act to determine the effect of the election of the widow of the testator to take her intestate share of his estate against the provisions of his last will and testament pursuant io subdivision 5 of section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law (as amd. by L. 1965, ch. 245, § 5), it appears that on December 31, 1955 decedent and his then wife, Marion P. Nicholson, being then the owners of some of the capital stock and debentures of Eddy Farms, Inc., entered into a written contract with the said wife’s father, George…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re the Appraisal Under the Transfer Tax Act of the Estate of KiddNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In Re the Estate of HowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Mitchell v. BlainNew York Court of Chancery · 1836
- In re the Estate of HoytNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
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