Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Findlay
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1930PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cabdozo, Ch. J.
Alfred Brooks, a brother of the decedent, John Findlay, formerly Albert Brooks, brings this, proceeding to revoke letters of administration granted to William Findlay and another upon the false suggestion as he claims that William was John’s brother, and entitled as such to administer the estate.
Henry Brooks and Ann Aldridge were married in England in 1852. They had three children: Arthur, who died unmarried many years ago; Albert, the decedent, who came to America in 1874 at the age of nineteen and changed his name to John Findlay; and Alfred, the petitioner, born in 1859, and…
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- In Re the Estate of MatthewsNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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