Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Lindsay

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 29, 1930PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Foley, S.

This is an application by Virginia E. L. Copeland, the daughter of the testator, to reopen the probate proceeding and to set aside the decree admitting the will to probate, which was entered on the 10th day of December, 1924. Various grounds have been presented, among others: (1) Invalid service of the citation upon the petitioner, who, at the time of the original probate proceeding, was an infant about seventeen years of age; (2) fraud, alleged to have been practiced upon her and upon the court in the conduct of the probate proceeding; (3) newly-discovered evidence claimed as…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In re RuefAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
  2. In re the Estate of LeslieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  3. In Re Proving the Will of HeatonNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of PriceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
  5. In re the Estate of RogersNew York Surrogate's Court · 1926

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of HedgesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
  2. Moorehouse v. RobinsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944
  3. In re WestbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
  4. In re the Estate of MillerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
  5. In re the Estate of SalomonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936

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