Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Frothingham
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 18, 1936PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
This is a discovery proceeding brought to determine the ownership of certain securities which are claimed by the decedent’s widow as a gift.
The question to be decided is whether a completed gift inter vivos was made by the decedent to the respondent.
The decedent had been married since 1921 and had a daughter Anna. He died in France on November 20, 1935. For several years prior to his death he and his family spent most of their time in France where decedent owned a home at Guethary in the Department of Basses-Pyrenees. The decedent was a wealthy man and during substantially all his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of Van AlstyneNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Vincent v. RixNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In Re the Accounting of BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of CohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of MillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dellefield v. Blockdel Realty Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
- In re the Accounting of BergmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- Manacher v. Sterling National Bank & Trust Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1967
- In re the Estate of WilsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
- In re the Estate of PrevostNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
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