Legal Opinion

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Coombs

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

Decided December 6, 1918PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Appeal by the claimant, Ella May Bedell Partridge, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Nassau, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 7th day of February, 1918, overruling certain objections to the accounts and allowing them as presented.

1Opinion of the Court

Thomas, J.:

The appellant’s claim against the estate of Copland has been rejected, and is contested in this final accounting, to which appellant is cited. The claim, in effect, is that Copland *313at his death had or should have had property which he was obligated to transmit by his will to claimant. Claimant and Mrs. Copland were daughters of Bedell, and the claim is, (1) that under Bedell’s will the property in question became claimant’s property upon Mrs. Copland’s death without issue; (2) that such property at his wife’s death came into Copland’s possession and that he agreed to hold it for…

2Cited by29 opinions

  1. Claim of Raymond v. Estate of DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  2. In re the Estate of YoungNew York Surrogate's Court · 1975
  3. In re the Estate of WeltonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  4. In re the Estate of HaighNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
  5. In re the Estate of KirkmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932

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