Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Camac

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided January 8, 2004Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lee L. Holzman, J.

The petitioners, who are the decedent’s two daughters and the coexecutrices of her estate, filed the following applications: (1) an SCPA 1809 proceeding to disallow the claim of the decedent’s son (respondent) that the decedent had entered into a contract to bequeath one third of her estate to him; (2) an SCPA 1420 proceeding seeking a determination that the respondent forfeited his $200,000 legacy under paragraph second of the decedent’s will pursuant to the in terrorem clause contained in paragraph eleventh and that this legacy lapsed and passes to the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Jacobson v. SassowerNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. 67 Wall Street Co. v. Franklin National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. McKeon v. . Van SlyckNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  4. Hamlin v. . StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  5. Lewis v. . MerrittNew York Court of Appeals · 1889

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