Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Larney
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 14, 1933PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
In Matter of Sharff (136 Misc. 627, 630) the question was inferentially raised as to whether the terms of a testamentary bequest could be so phrased as to give rise to an actual contractual relation with the named beneficiary. The determination of this point was unnecessary in that case and it was not decided. It is, however, expressly presented in the case at bar.
The present proceeding was instituted under section 216 of the Surrogate’s Court Act by an undertaker for the payment of his funeral bill in the sum of $1,002.40 for conducting the obsequies of the deceased.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Whipple v. . Brown Brothers Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- L'Amoreux v. . GouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1852
- Lewis v. . DuaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Miller v. . McKenzieNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bisbing v. Sterling Precision Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
- In re the Estate of HazleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of BeckmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of MurrayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of IrvingNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
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