Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Burdak
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 4, 1940PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
This proceeding was brought on by the petitioners Mary S. Burdak and Anna Burdak Pfenning for the revocation of letters of administration issued to the public administrator of the county of New York upon the estate of the decedent. The petitioners alleged that they were respectively the widow and the daughter of the decedent. No ceremonial marriage was asserted to have taken place between the alleged wife and the decedent. She eon-*840tended, that they had entered into a common-law marriage in New York city about the year 1915 and that the copetitioner, Anna B. Pfenning, was born of that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Boyd v. BoydNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Stokes v. . StokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Smith v. SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- In Re the Estate of HaffnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- McCullen v. McCullenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- In re the Estate of ArbuthnotNew York Surrogate's Court · 1956
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