Legal Opinion

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Gilman

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided October 15, 1915PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Proceeding upou the judicial settlement of the account of an executor.

1Opinion of the Court

Ketcham, S.

The executor claims that the decedent, his father, gave to him 100 shares of1 certain stock.

Two witnesses, who are regarded by the court as trustworthy, intelligent and' moderate, testified to repeated declaratons by *293the father that he “ had given ” to his son the stock in question.

The decedent, prior to these declarations and during his lifetime thereafter, owned many other shares of the same stock, upon which he semi-annually collected dividends. At all times after he acquired the 100 shares involved in the present dispute they yielded the same dividends as were payable upon the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Combs v. Roark's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1927
  2. In Re the Estate of AbramowitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Intermediate Account of Proceedings of BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
  4. Gaines v. HuylerNew York Supreme Court · 1920
  5. In re the Compulsory Judicial Settlement of the Account of GilmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

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