Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Spewack
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 19, 1994PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Surrogate’s Court, New York County (Eve Preminger, S.), entered on or about April 13, 1993, dismissing the petition on the ground that the action is barred by the applicable statute of limitations, unanimously reversed on the law and facts, with costs, respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition denied, the petition reinstated, and the proceeding remanded to trial on the issue of estoppel and on the ultimate issue of conversion.
Petitioner, the executor of the last will and testament of decedent Bella Spewack, brought this discovery proceeding to recover certain memorabilia relating to…
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