Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Penna
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 23, 1936PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
The main proceeding in which the present application is made was initiated by a petition under section 115-a of the Surrogate’s Court Act to fix the liability of National Surety Corporation upon an administrator’s bond.
The essential allegations of the petition recite that the petitioner is a creditor of the estate of this decedent upon which letters of administration were granted on February 25, 1932, to Edilio Penna, who qualified by filing a bond in the sum of $65,000 with National Surety Company as surety; that on May 1, 1933, the National Surety Corporation assumed liability on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Greeff v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Knapp v. . RocheNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Welch v. City of Niagara FallsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Altman v. . HofellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Mutual Life Insurance v. United States Hotel Co.New York Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by3 opinions
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