Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Kinch

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 11, 1969Published

1Opinion of the Court

William J. Regan, S.

In this discovery proceeding the executors seek a determination as to whether or not the decedent, Agnes A. Kinch, made a gift to her brother, Lawrence J. Adams, who is also one of the petitioner-executors herein.

Mrs. Kinch’s sister, Connie Smith, testified before this court without a jury that during the afternoon of January 5, 1968 *482Mrs. Kinch, while preparing to leave for the hospital, asked her to get a hlack leather bag from the closet. There was a long packet in a brown bag in the back of this black leather bag. Mrs. Kinch then said to Connie, “ Will you put that in a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Beaver v. . BeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Ridden v. . ThrallNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  3. In Re the Accounting of Van AlstyneNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  4. Champney v. . BlanchardNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  5. In re BucklerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929

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