Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Balfe
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 29, 1940PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, S.
After a more or less protracted trial involving objections to the trustee’s accounts in these two estates, the surrogate declined to surcharge the trustee and settled and allowed the accounts as filed (152 Misc. 739).
The parties, including the special guardian, feeling aggrieved appealed to the Appellate Division, and that court affirmed the surrogate’s decrees, save for a modification to the extent of eliminating the allowance for counsel fees (245 App. Div. 22).
*280The interests of the adult and the infant parties were in no respect diverse, and the special guardian .throughout the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Dougherty v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1934
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Intermediate Account of the Acts & Proceedings of Title Guarantee & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Countryman v. BreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Gelston v. CodwiseNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- In re the Estate of SuderovNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Blumenstock v. Weissman, New York County Courts1965
- Haberman v. WassbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- In re the Probate of the Will of MarsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1952
- Department of Housing Preservation & Development v. Park Properties Development AssociatesCivil Court of the City of New York · 1992
- In re DemottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941