Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Brown
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 2, 1949PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Henderson, S.
Upon the judicial settlement of the account of the administrator c.t.a., one Hans S. Liebmann claims the entire net estate by virtue of an alleged agreement made by the decedent.
*980The claimant relies upon a certain letter dated December 31, 1935, written in German by the decedent, to Sigmund Liebmann, the claimant’s father.
On the above-mentioned date the decedent also known as Jettchen Baer, lived with her brother in Hew York City. The claimant lived with his parents in Germany.
The letter which opens with the greeting “ My dear ones:,” acknowledges the receipt of a gift and…
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