Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Potter

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided July 22, 1927PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

O’Brien, S.

This is an appeal by the executors and trustees from the report of the transfer tax appraiser and the order entered thereon on the grounds: (1) That the value of the fife estate of Eliza J. Vaughan was based on the expectancy of her fife and not upon its actual duration; (2, 3 and 4) that surviving fife estates have been valued without making deduction or allowance for the value of the primary fife estates; (5 and 6) that the tax has been, assessed on the full undiminished value of the remainder interests after the fife estates and surviving fife estates without deduction or…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  2. In re the Transfer Tax upon the Estate of HechtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
  3. In re the Estate of HosfordNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re the Estate of SperlingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1928

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