Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of McGlone
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1940PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lehman, Ch. J.
The widow of John J. McGlone, a resident of Kings county, who died in February, 1937, served notice upon the executors under his last will and testament that she elected to take her share of the decedent’s estate “ as in intestacy ” pursuant to section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 13; added L. 1929, ch. 229, as amd.). The executors, claiming that the widow had waived and renounced all rights in her husband’s estate, instituted proceedings pursuant to section 145-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act for a determination of the validity and effect of the widow’s…
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- In Re the Accounting of ColaciNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
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