Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Hesselberg

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided August 14, 1937Published

1Opinion of the Court

Delehanty, S.

A distributee of deceased seeks in this application to open a default deliberately suffered by him in the proceeding for the probate of deceased’s will. It is quite apparent from his moving papers and from the argument advanced in his behalf by his counsel that his present application is made not because he has any information which warrants a belief that he could challenge the will successfully but because since his default he learned that another distributee who had filed objections has entered into an *498agreement with proponents under which she may receive some portion of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re the Opening of the Probate of the Will & Codicil of EliasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
  2. In re the Estate of JonesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  3. In Re the Probate of the Will of JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
  4. In re the Estate of JonesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935

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