Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Miller

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided March 19, 1937PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

This litigation, innately disagreeable by reason of its plethoric demonstration of the more sordid of human traits, but rendered superlatively so by the inability of the parties to confine themselves to relevancies and their evident competition in vituperation, invective and discourtesy, has been remitted to this court under quite unusual circumstances. •

Whereas in most probate proceedings the results attained are of slight interest to any but the immediate parties, there is here involved a principle of practice affecting substantive rights which cannot fail to be of moment to many…

2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Alsens American Portland Cement Works v. Degnon Contracting Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  2. Harriss v. TamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
  3. In re the Estate of CallahanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
  4. In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930
  5. Paige v. . WilletNew York Court of Appeals · 1868

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of FeldhusNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
  2. In re the Estate of MendlesonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1965
  3. In re the Estate of McGloneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939
  4. In re the Estate of HeubachNew York Surrogate's Court · 1937
  5. Abrams v. AbramsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977

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