Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Johnston
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 28, 1937No. 2PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The present petition presents an interesting, and, so far as the research of the court has been able to disclose, a wholly novel question.
Under the will of this decedent, he bequeathed legacies of five dollars each to his children and left the entire residue of his estate to his sister, the present petitioner. Allegations Of fraud and undue influence were made against her by certain of these children, and, if the statements of the answer in a companion proceeding herein incorporated by reference, are to be believed, a probate contest was threatened and was adjusted on the basis,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of LansingNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Mactier's Administrators v. FrithCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1830
- Albany Hospital v. . Albany Guardian SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Burritt v. . SillimanNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
- In re the Estate of MahlstedtNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
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3Cited by14 opinions
- In re the Estate of MatthiessenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
- Boskoff v. YanoDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 2001
- Estate of Dreyer v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1977
- Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- In re the Estate of AngelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962
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