Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Greenberg
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided November 13, 1931PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The question here presented for determination relates to the right of a widow to exercise the election provided by the new section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law, added by section 4 of chapter 229 of the Laws of 1929, which went into effect on September 1, 1930. The testator made and executed a will bearing date December 21, 1927, by the terms of which he cut off his widow with a bequest of one dollar.
Under date of October 30, 1930, he executed a codicil to this will, and on January 3, 1931, he made a further codicil.
During this entire period, from the time of the execution of the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Brown v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- In Re the Accounting of HamlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In Re Proving the Will of BergdorfNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Hard v. LeurendusNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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3Cited by28 opinions
- In re the Estate of MullinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Estate of BommerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
- In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Estate of SitkinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Estate of CurleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
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