Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Ely
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 29, 1934PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pelletreau, S.
The testator, a bachelor, died August 25, 1932, leaving a will dated November 12, 1930.
The questions presented by this accounting arise out of the inadequacy of the testator’s estate to meet his debts and bequests.
Testator gave money bequests totaling $15,000 and specifically bequeathed the personal property other than money which he possessed. The rest of his estate, both real and personal, he directed to be placed in trust. At the time of testator’s death there were ¿ladms pending against him in excess of $55,000. To meet these bequests and claims he left an estate consisting…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Taylor v. . DoddNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Rogers v. RogersCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1829
- Rogers v. RogersNew York Court of Chancery · 1828
- Duck v. McGrathAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of KingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In re the Construction of the Will of DouglasNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In re the Accounting of McKernanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1955
- In re the Estate of PaterskiNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Construction of the Will of BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1950
- In re the Estate of SchwartzNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961