Legal Opinion

In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Person and Property of Sands

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 27, 1958Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order appointing a committee of the person and property of the incompetent is modified on the law and facts, and in the exercise of discretion, by striking out the appointment of the committee named in the order appealed from and substituting in his place Gerard C. Durr, Esq., the person selected by the sole living next of kin. Upon the record herein there is not an adequate showing that the next of kin’s nominee is disqualified from serving (Matter of More, 268 App. Div. 1055; Matter of Foster, 230 App. Div. 730, affd. 254 N. Y. 614). Costs to all parties filing briefs, payable out of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Committee of the Estate of FosterNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Estate of FosterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
  3. In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Estate of MoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945

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