Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Smidt
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 13, 1937PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The present motion again emphasizes the unfortunate results consequent upon the diversity of policies of the several States respecting divorces. The concrete relief sought is the dismissal of objections to the probate of a propounded document as the will of the decedent, which have been interposed by one who had been ceremonially married to him subsequent to the procurance from him of a Reno divorce by a former wife.
The facts are substantially undisputed. So far as the court deems them of importance, they may be summarized as follows: The decedent intermarried with one Maude V.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Wisconsin v. Pelican InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- In Re Revocation of Ancillary Letters Testamentary of the Estate of NewcombNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Bell v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Cheever v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- Jones v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Goodloe v. HawkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Cocron v. CocronNew York Supreme Court · 1975
- Elizabeth Dolan v. Anthony Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- In re the Probate of the Will of CarllNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
- In Re the Marriage of BrownSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
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