Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Lynch

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 23, 1929PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

This is a proceeding brought under section 205

of the Surrogate’s Court Act by the administrators of the estate of Thomas Lynch, deceased, who claimed to be entitled, as such administrators, to the proceeds of two policies of insurance upon the life of decedent, one an industrial policy for $300 in the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (No. 5,370,828), and the other a group insurance policy for $1,000 in the Travelers’ Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. (No. 30-N-W-7627). The respondent interposed an answer, alleging a gift thereof by decedent to respondent during…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Luhrs v. . LuhrsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. Lahey v. . LaheyNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. Donnelly v. BurnhamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  4. Hall v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Holleran v. Prudential InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
  2. Boehne v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
  3. Gill v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Mutual Life Ins. v. PattersonDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1936
  5. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. ArnoldDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1939

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