Legal Opinion
In Re the Estate of Kelly
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 8, 1924PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
Upon the petition of May Kelly alleging that she was the widow of Terence Kelly who died in the state and county of New York on the fifth day of November, 1921, the Surrogate’s Court of New York county appointed b.er by order dated December 16, 1921, the administratrix of the estate of said deceased.
In her petition May Kelly had not only alleged that she was the widow of Terence Kelly but that he had left him surviving a mother, two brothers and three sisters. Thomas Kelly, one of these brothers, on the very day that letters of administration were issued to May Kelly, made his petition to the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Holcomb v. . HolcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Clift v. . MosesNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Pinney v. . OrthNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Griswold v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Sorensen v. SorensenNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In re the Estate of ErlangerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
- Lally v. CronenNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Estate of SorensenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In re the Estate of ReillyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- People ex rel. Blake v. ChargerNew York City Family Court · 1974
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