Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Cohen

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 25, 1959PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

S. Samuel Di Palco, S.

This is a motion by the. executors for’ summary judgment denying an application to vacate the decreé admitting the will to probate. The applicant, asserting a status as the widow of the deceased, seeks to reopen the probate proceeding alleging that the proponents’ failure to cite her as a distributee constituted a defect fatal to the acquisition of jurisdiction. The executors have filed an answer setting up in bar of the relief sought what purports to be a release by the applicant of whatever rights she had in the estate of the deceased. An agreement of settlement which…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Storrs v. BarkerNew York Court of Chancery · 1822
  2. Haviland v. . WilletsNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Akin v. . KelloggNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  4. Cooke v. NathanNew York Supreme Court · 1853
  5. Gurnee v. HasbrouckNew York Court of Appeals · 1935

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Allen v. Westpoint-Pepperell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  2. In re the Accounting of PolskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1963
  3. Allen v. Westpoint-Pepperell, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991

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