Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Fisher
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided April 10, 1940PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Foley, S.
In this accounting proceeding there is involved the question of the validity of a claim which arose more than thirty years ago. The testatrix died in 1904. Her will was probated in that year. In January, 1905, a claim for board and lodging of the testatrix was presented to the estate by one Hester Bates. The matter was adjusted and an agreement was made authorizing the executors to pay to her the sum of $15,000. On April 15, 1908, one of three parcels of real estate owned by the testatrix was conveyed to the creditor for a consideration of $9,000 in partial satisfaction of her claim,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Case of Broderick's WillSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Clarke v. Boorman's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Conkling v. . WeatherwaxNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Bean v. . TonneleNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Jackson ex rel. Sackett v. SackettNew York Supreme Court · 1831
3Cited by4 opinions
- Boscowitz v. Chase National BankCity of New York Municipal Court · 1952
- In re the Estate of BunkerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of RutherfurdNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
- In re the Estate of WoodNew York Surrogate's Court · 1957