Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hollinger
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 23, 1978PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
John D. Bennett, J.
What is essentially a rather simplistic determination of a claim against this estate has been made unnecessarily complicated by a series of tortured maneuvers by the litigants in this court and the Supreme Court. As a philospher observed in the book of Ecclesiastes (7:29): "God made us plain and simple, but we have made ourselves very complicated.”
This claim has its genesis in a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint (CPLR 3213) based upon a separation agreement providing for the payment of $35,000 per year to the plaintiff (claimant) payable…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Blood v. . KaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- McQuaide v. . PerotNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- In Re the Estate of TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
- In Re the Estate of LeopoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Wagner v. CornblumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re HofAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- In re the Estate of GarofaloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- In re the Estate of MorningstarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- United States v. MarinDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2020