Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Vitelli
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 29, 1932PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The extraordinary naivete of the present application makes it worthy of an especial niche in the hall of legal curiosities of the State of New York.
As was noted in a former opinion relating to the affairs of this decedent (139 Misc. 165), she was a young married woman, in modest circumstances, living apart from her husband, and was mortally wounded by a rejected suitor. While on her death bed she gave certain of the property which she had been able to save to the present respondent, who was the only person who appears to have evinced any particular interest in her fate or welfare.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Patterson v. . PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Kain v. . LarkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Watkins v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Woolverton v. George H. Taylor Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1891
- In re NicolinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In re the Estate of ReichNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In re the Estate of MayNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Accounting of TerryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1952
- Jaudon v. WhiteCivil Court of the City of New York · 1969
- In re the Estate of KraemerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1944
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