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In re the Estate of Kapelsohn

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided December 4, 1958PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

This is an application by a group of individuals who assert a status as distributees of the intestate to reopen the decree judicially settling the account of the administratrix. The petitioners were neither cited nor represented in the prior proceeding in which the distributable balance of the estate was divided among 26 nephews and nieces of the deceased. The proof now before the court establishes the status of the present applicants as distributees equal in degree with those persons already paid. As a result, the decree must be amended so as to direct distribution upon…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Claim of Raymond v. Estate of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  2. In Re the Estate of KillanNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  3. In re FlanaganNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  4. In re RecknagelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  5. Woodruff v. H. B. Claflin Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of McCoyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1979

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