Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hayden
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 5, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
The petitioner, Theresa Hayden Boland, on behalf of herself and her two sisters, Hattie Hayden Jenks and Mary Hayden Boland, applies to reopen the decree dated May 29, 1940, settling the account and directing distribution of the balance of the estate to Joseph McGeary, a maternal first cousin of the decedent. That decree was based upon the then unchallenged proof that Joseph McGeary was the sole next of kin. The petitioner claims that she and her sisters are paternal first cousins and that the distribution previously ordered should be corrected by the opening and modification of the…
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