Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Ray

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 12, 1930Published

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

Two objections to the accounts of the executrices herein are presented for present determination. The first relates to two notes of Steinhauser & Co., each in the sum of $25,000, which, by direction of the decedent during his lifetime, were made payable to the respective executrices individually.

The testimony on the hearings affecting these notes was clear and satisfactory. Steinhauser & Co. owed the decedent $50,000 for money loaned. On January 2, 1926, he surrendered the note evidencing this loan and directed that two notes for $25,000 each be made out, one in favor of each…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cowee v. . CornellNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. In re MerrillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926
  3. Van Rensselaer v. SecorNew York Supreme Court · 1860
  4. In re the Account of Proceedings of WagonerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
  5. In re the Estate of HeaneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930

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