Adler v. Levene
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Emil Harry Adler, as administrator, etc., from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Bronx, entered in the office of said court on the 17th day of June, 1919, made in proceedings for the discovery of assets of the decedent pursuant to sections 2675 and 2676 of the Code of Civil Procedure, directing the appellant to deliver to the respondents certain personal property.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The administrator presented to the Surrogate’s Court a petition describing two bank books, a policy of life insurance and three rings, alleged to be the property of the decedent but in the possession of the respondents Rose Levene, the mother of the decedent, and George Levene, her brother. They interposed separate answers claiming title to the bank books and insurance policy under completed gifts to them by the decedent and under gifts to them causa mortis by the decedent *41on the 19 th day of July, 1918, and the answer of the mother claimed title to the rings under a gift causa…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Griswold v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Lewis v. . MerrittNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In re the Estate of AdlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1919
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