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In re the Estate of Burling

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided September 9, 1933PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

A frequently reiterated principle of testamentary construction emphasizes the futility of arguments based upon precedents respecting other wills. This court has been at particular pains to call attention to this principle in the hope that thereby a useless waste of the time of litigants as well as its own might be avoided. (Matter of Rossiter, 134 Misc. 837, 839; affd., 229 App. Div. 730; affd., 254 N. Y. 583; Matter of Weissmann, 137 Misc. 113, 114; affd., 232 App. Div. 698; Matter of McCafferty, 142 Misc. 371, 373; affd., 236 App. Div. 678; Matter of Quinby, 134 Misc. 296, 301;…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
  2. In re HornidgeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  3. In re Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  4. In Re the Accounting of Brooklyn Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
  5. In re the Estate of WeissmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of WeilNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  2. In re the Estate of DrakeNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  3. In re the Estate of CohenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
  4. In re the Estate of MilhauNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  5. Chase National Bank v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1935

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