In re the Estate of Fulton
New York Surrogate's Court
This matter comes before the court upon a petition by William J. Morgan, Comptroller of the State of Few York, for an order that the executor of the last will and testament of Alfred Fulton, deceased, show cause why a decree made and entered herein on the 23d day of May, 1899, appraising, assessing and determining the transfer tax upon the legacies and inheritances created by and under the provisions of said last will and testament, should not he vacated and set aside, and…
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This matter comes before the court upon a petition by William J. Morgan, Comptroller of the State of Few York, for an order that the executor of the last will and testament of Alfred Fulton, deceased, show cause why a decree made and entered herein on the 23d day of May, 1899, appraising, assessing and determining the transfer tax upon the legacies and inheritances created by and under the provisions of said last will and testament, should not he vacated and set aside, and why an order and decree previously made herein on the 11th day of May, 1899, should not be restored to full force, effect…
1Opinion of the Court
Beman, S.
The assessment of the Transfer Tax in the ■above entitled matter upon an appraisal made by me as surrogate of the county of Franklin, on the 11th day of May, 1899, was superseded by a subsequent assessment or reassessment and reconsideration of the matters involved, upon the application in writing of the executor of the last will and testament of said Alfred Fulton, deceased, properly verified, in which it appeared *424that certain securities held and possessed hy deceased and forming part of his estate, had been appraised, not only "by the appraisers appointed hy the surrogate to make…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Estate of SchermerhornAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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- Morgan v. CowieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- State Ex Rel. v. YoungWyoming Supreme Court · 1932
- In re the Appraisal under the Transfer Tax Acts of the Property of LowryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Morgan v. CowieAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- In re Lowry's EstateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903