Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Hirsch
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 11, 1935PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Underlying the present application for compensation of an attorney is an interesting story of conspiracy and fraud, over which, in the end, as in most cases of popular fiction, virtue and justice have triumphed.
In 1929 Bettie Hirsch was eighty-six years of age. She was widowed and childless, her nearest kin being a brother, Louis Rothschild, a sister who resided in Germany, and a considerable number of nieces, nephews and grandnephews. During the last year of her life this brother induced her to transfer to him and his wife substantially all of her possessions, consisting of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- O'Brien v. . JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Estate of LounsberryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
- In re GorraNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re the Judicial Settlement of Account of Proceedings of VorndranNew York Surrogate's Court · 1928
- In re the Estate of RosenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Mosells Silvey Pitner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- In re the Estate of BellingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- In re the Estate of SmithNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of WinburnNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Adoption of ManziNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
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