Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Derry
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 16, 1936PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
This uncontested application for payment of a funeral bill presents for consideration the questions of the obligations of the court and the rights of such claimant under the revision of section 216 of the Surrogate’s Court Act, accomplished by chapter 202 of the Laws of 1936, which became effective on September first of this year.
The somewhat strildng defects and contradictions in the section as previously existing were made the subject of analysis and comment by this court in Matter of Matyasz (151 Misc. 370). This resulted in a wide-spread demand for a revision of the enactment,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ferrin v. . MyrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- In re the Estate of SmallmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In Re the Estate of GreenbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- American Historical Society, Inc. v. GlennNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Estate of BommerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re the Estate of WeinbergNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of CluskeyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of Van ValkenburghNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
- In re the Estate of SicilianoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1961
- In re the Accounting of LaneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951
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