Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Meyer
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 16, 1931PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The Court of Appeals has said: “ Equity will not feed the husband and starve the wife ” (Wetmore v. Wetmore, 149 N. Y. 520, 529), yet that is precisely the effect which some of the applicable controlling decisions may produce on the wife concerned in the proceeding at bar.
John H. W. Meyer is a duly adjudicated incompetent veteran who, according to the allegations herein, has been confined for more than six years in the United States Veterans Hospital at Northport with negligible chances for recovery. His wife is in difficult, if not destitute, circumstances and herein applies for…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Brown v. . KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Cooke v. . MeekerNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Matter of FlaglerNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Pray v. . HegemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In re the Estate of ShupackNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of ShevlinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of JacobsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of FridayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Estate of StephaniNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
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