Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Behncke
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided October 24, 1939PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Elvira Behncke died, a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, on March 13, 1936, leaving three purported testamentary instruments, a will and two codicils. Petition for then probate was filed on April 1, 1936. The statutory distributees of the deceased were eight in number. All appeared and waived the issuance of citation and consented to probate, with the exception of Hugo Richard Panzer and Crosswood W. Panzer, two sons of a predeceased sister of the decedent, who were duly cited, appeared in person and filed the usual omnibus objections. Neither is admitted to practice in the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Poillon v. PoillonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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- Barr v. SofranskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Estate of BehnckeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of ReynoldsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1952
- In re the Amended Petition of Schroeder to Prove the Last Will & Testament & Codicils of BehnckeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941