Legal Opinion
Fisher v. Fisher
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 18, 1930PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrake, J.
Section 73 of the Real Property Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 50) and section 24 of the Personal Property Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 41), now embodied in section 19 of the Decedent Estate Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 13), give to the Supreme Court or the Surrogate’s Court, having jurisdiction, the power to authorize executors, administrators and trustees to adjust by compromise any controversy that may arise between different claimants to the estate or property in their hands, to which agreement such executors, administrators or trustees and all other parties in being who claim an interest in such estate, shall be…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Decker v. . VreelandNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Copeland v. WheelwrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- In re the Compromise of Controversies Arising Between Interested in the Estate of BemisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
- In re the Probate of the Will of TinkerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by30 opinions
- In re the Accounting of BishopNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
- In re the Estate of SchloessingerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
- In re the Construction of the Will of JonesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1958
- In re the Estate of CroweNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of SidmanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
25 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.