Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Tiffany
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 31, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McNaught, S.
The War Risk Insurance Act of October 6, 1917 (40 U. S. Stat. at Large, 409, chap. 105), specified the beneficiaries to whom the insurance issued could be payable in the event of death. The act was amended in 1919 (41 U. S. Stat. at Large, 371, chap. 16) by adding several classes of permissible beneficiaries. In 1924 the entire act-was revised (43 U. S. Stat. at Large, 625, chap. 320), the amended act retaining a provision in relation to the permitted class of beneficiaries. This act was again amended in 1925 (43 U. S. Stat. at Large, 1310, chap. 553) by eliminating all reference…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- White v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Ogilvie's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Floyd v. . CarowNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of StorumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- In re the Estate RyanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- Spongberg v. LidstromSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
- In re the Estate of BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Estate of HenryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- Brown v. HillearyOregon Supreme Court · 1934
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