Legal Opinion
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 7, 1937PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnston, J.
Appellant instituted an action in the Supreme Court against the executors of Josephine A. Butcher, deceased, to establish her claim that in 1899 she and her husband, a son of the testatrix, entered into a contract with the testatrix, pursuant to which the latter agreed to leave to appellant all her property in consideration of the son’s conveying to testatrix a certain parcel of real property and making her the beneficiary under certain life *185insurance policies. It was alleged that the testatrix breached this contract by leaving to others all her property. After two trials and appeals,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dodd v. . AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- In Re the Accounting of OrdwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- In Re Proving the Will of StaigerNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of OrdwayAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Rothschild v. GoldenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of KaufmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
- In re the Accounting of KeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- In re the Estate of RosenbergNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of HillblomSupreme Court of The Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands · 1996