Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Riefberg
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1983PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
This appeal is taken from an order of the Appellate Division, Second Department, which affirmed two decrees of the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County. In one proceeding, the principal question, apparently of first impression in our appellate courts, calls for the determination of whether a buy-sell provision of a corporate stockholders’ agreement to which the decedent was a party can be a testamentary substitute includable in evaluating the estate against which his surviving spouse may exercise her statutory right of election (EPTL 5-1.1). To test the right of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Laufer v. OstrowNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. IllardoNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- In Re the Estate of MaidenNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Schine v. SchineNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
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