Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Potter
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 21, 1971PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Morris Aarons, S.
On this accounting the court is concerned with the disposition of a trust created under paragraph ninth *746for the benefit of Katherine A. D. Potter, her daughter, who died on October 16, 1969.
The will of this testatrix who died in 1913 has been the subject of prior construction by my predecessors, Surrogates Foley, Collins and Silverman.
The questions presented at this time are: (1) whether heirs are to be determined as of the date of the death of the life beneficiary or the date of death of the decedent; (2) whether the marriage of respondent Irene Helen Craves extinguished her…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gallagher v. . CrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- In re the Estate of DammannNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- In Re the Probate of the Will of TrumbleNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Pomroy v. . HincksNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1964
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re Bank of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- In re the Estate BowenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
- In re the Estate of LippnerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1980
- In re the Estate of ThomsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996