Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Clark
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 3, 1933PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, S.
Decedent died July 24, 1933, intestate and letters of administration were issued to his widow, the petitioner, on September 9, 1933.
The only asset of the estate was an account in the Staten Island Savings Bank in the name of “ James A. Clark in trust for Dorothy P. Collins,” opened on April 12, 1933, amounting at time of death to the sum of $4,496.10.
Decedent’s widow was his second wife, whom he had married some three or four years before his death, and with whom he is said to have lived until the early part of this year, when he became an inmate of Sailors Snug Harbor. The cestui…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of TottenNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of PenfoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re the Estate of ReichNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Estate of YarmeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Accounting of MundNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- Murray v. Brooklyn Savings BankNew York Supreme Court · 1939
- In re the Estate of SchurerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the Estate of McCannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935