Legal Opinion
Claim of the First Methodist Episcopal Church v. Estate of Howard
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 21, 1929PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Slater, S.
George Howard, the decedent, died May 28, 1921, aged about eighty-three years, leaving a last will and testament admitted to probate July 11, 1921, in the Surrogate’s Court of *724Westchester county. The decree upon final accounting is dated the 11th day of January, 1926.
It appears that a claim for $5,000 was presented by the treasurer of the First Methodist Episcopal Ctiurch in the city of Mount Vernon on January 16, 1922, because of a charitable subscription made by George Howard to the war memorial building fund of said church. The claim was rejected in writing on January 24, 1922.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Barnes v. . PerineNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- Trustees of Hamilton College v. . StewartNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of CongerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920
- Locke v. TaylorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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- In re the Estate of de BrabantNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
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