Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Simms

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 16, 1968Published

1Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding to compel the executors to account, -the executors appeal from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County, dated January 16, 1968 and made after a hearing before a Referee, as adjudged petitioner’s claim valid and directed the executors to pay the claim, with disbursements as taxed. Decree reversed, insofar as appealed from, on the law and the facts, and petition dismissed, with costs, payable by respondent personally. Petitioner Eva Jankowitz and her uncle by the half-blood, the testator Albert I. Simms, executed an antenuptial agreement in contemplation of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. American Surety Co. v. ConnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. Dygert v. RemerschniderNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
  3. In re the Estate of SafferNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963

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