Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Leonard
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 21, 1932PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The chief difficulty in the case at bar, as indicated in the 163 pages of the printed and typewritten briefs of counsel for the several litigants, seems to arise from two sources. The first is a- failure fully to appreciate the basic truth, which has been noted in innumerable decisions of all courts that “ * * * little fight is cast on the correct interpretation of the language in one will by decisions construing another ” (Matter of Rossiter, 134 Misc. 837, 839; affd., 229 App. Div. 730; affd., 254 N. Y. 583) and that “ * :|" * there is probably no branch- of the law upon which…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of BuechnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Moore v. LittelNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- In Re the Accounting of CraneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Roseboom v. . RoseboomNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Fulton Trust Co. v. . PhillipsNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
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3Cited by37 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of the United States Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Estate of NorthcuttCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Estate of BournCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
- In re the Estate of WeilNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Estate of SoyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
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