Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Meyer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided May 19, 1953PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Collins, S.
The executors move to dismiss the petition of Frederick F. Fox which seeks to reopen the prohate proceeding and to vacate the decree admitting the decedent’s will and codicil to probate. They contend that the petition is insufficient in law because it fails to show that the petitioner is a distributee of the decedent who would take in the event the decedent died intestate.
The decedent was adopted in 1928, by Lizzie 0. Meyer, who died in 1929, leaving her surviving the decedent as her adopted daughter and some collateral relatives. Lizzie 0. Meyer had no natural children.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- In re the Construction of the Will of UpjohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Carpenter v. . Buffalo General Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Betz v. HorrNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- In Re the Will of HodgesNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Bishop v. BishopNew York Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of TrainorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1965
- In re the Estate of DeflacieuzNew York Surrogate's Court · 1976
- In re the Estate of HutchinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re the Estate of MeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953