Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Frutiger
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1971PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
The issue is whether the Surrogate’s Court properly set aside appellants’ waivers of citation and consents-to the probate of the propounded will and codicils, so as to permit appellants to pursue their objections to probate. The case is one of first impression.
The appellants, who were decedent’s brothers and his only distributees, met, following decedent’s funeral on June 24, 1965, in Endicott, at the office of the trust company named as executor, with the trust company’s executive vice-president, Mr. Cooper, and its attorney, Mr. Jennings, who has since died, and his associate, Mr. Evans.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Yonkers Fur Dressing Co. v. Royal InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Campbell v. BussingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
- In Re the Estate of WestbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- In re WestbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Van Nuys v. FitsworthNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by166 opinions
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- Teitelbaum Holdings, Ltd. v. GoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Sontag v. SontagAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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