In re the Estate of Tierney
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Henderson, S.
The testator’s widow objects to the account of the executrix on the grounds that it does not set forth the widow’s right to share in the estate, and that a payment of $700 was improperly made to an alleged creditor who had no proper or valid claim.
The testator died on December 12, 1931, leaving a will dated November 11, 1929, and a gross estate of $2,309.20 in personalty only. He was survived by his wife, whom he had married on September 16, 1930, and by his mother, who is his sole next of kin, the executrix of his -will and one of the legatees thereunder.
The widow asserts that…
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- Carson v. MurrayNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
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