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In re the Accounting of City National Bank
196 Misc. 997 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 16, 1949
Cases cited in this connection are Matter of Brown ( 133 Misc. 587 ), and Matter of Conant ( 154 Misc. 338 ). … (Bowditch v. Ayrault, 138 N. Y. 222 ; Rudd v. Cornell, 171 N. Y. 114 ; Matter of Hoyt, 160 N. Y. 607 ; Central Trust Co. v. Falck, 177 App. Div. 501 ; Matter of Knapp, 141 Misc. 540 .)
Cited 4 timesPublishedIn re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Halsted
9 Mills Surr. 333 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 15, 1912
Doane v. Mercantile Trust Co., 160 N. Y. 494 ; Brown v. Richter, 25 App. Div. 239 ; Clark v. Cammann, 160 N. Y. 315 ; Pomeroy v. Hicks, 180 id. 73. Decreed accordingly.
Cited 0 timesPublishedIn re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Arnolt
127 Misc. 579 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 18, 1926
(Morris v. Ward, 36 N. Y. 587 ; Ten Eyck v. Witbeck, 135 id. 40.) … June 16, 1926; Matter of Brown, 115 Misc. 710 .)
Cited 12 timesPublishedIn re the Guardianship of Larson
190 Misc. 2d 482 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 14, 2002
The duty of the court is to “inquire as to what a reasonable and prudent person would do in the circumstances” (Daly, supra at 88 , citing Matter of Christiansen v Christiansen, 248 Cal App 2d 398, 56 Cal Rptr 505). … The law was amended in 1902 and the original board of managers was replaced by a “Commissioner of Lunacy.”
Cited 0 timesPublishedIn re Proving the Last Will of Green
1 Pow. Surr. 52 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 8, 1892
Coit v. Patchen, 77 N. Y. 539 ; Children’s Aid Society v. Loveridge, 70 id. 394; 1 Jarman on Wills, 36; Tyler v. Gardiner, supra. … Baldwin v. Parker, supra; Tyler v. Gardiner, supra; Boyse v. Rossborough, 6 H. L. Cases, 46.
Cited 2 timesPublished177 Misc. 389 · New York Surrogate's Court · Oct 6, 1941
Y. 112 ) and Garvey v. Clifford ( 114 App. … In Lee v.
Cited 4 timesPublishedIn re the Probate of the Will Kane
2 Connoly 249 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 15, 1890
In Walsh v. … This section received a practical construction in Brown v. Clark, 77 N.
Cited 3 timesPublished142 Misc. 878 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 15, 1932
In Schettler v. Smith ( 41 N. … In Leach v. Godwin ( 198 N.
Cited 0 timesPublishedIn re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Herrmann
9 Mills Surr. 98 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 15, 1912
Pell v. Brown, 1 Cheves Eq. (S. C.) 99; Underwood v. Wing, 19 Beav. 459; Broughton v. Randall, Cro. Eliz. 503. … Blake v. People, 73 N. Y. 586 ; People v. Eastwood, 14 id. 562; Greenfield v. People, 85 id. 75; Young v. Johnson, 123 id. 226, 233; McKee v. Nelson, 4 Cow, 355.
Cited 4 timesPublished1 Redf. 454 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 15, 1863
R., 637; Crispell v. Dubois, 4 Barb., 693 ; Parke v. Platt, 2 Phill., 323 .) … Delafield v. Parish, Ante, 1.
Cited 3 timesPublished5 Redf. 47 · New York Surrogate's Court · Oct 15, 1880
paper or ink, and nervous condition of the writer, his posture in writing, his absence from other interference, and many other circumstances which might be suggested, all of which serve to occasion dissimilarity (Young v. … Brown, 1 Hagg., 556; Constable v. Steibel, 1 Id., 56 ; Bell v. Norwood, 7 La., 95 ; Murphy v.
Cited 1 timesPublished1 N.Y. St. Rep. 319 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 5, 1886
Wead v. Cantwell, 36 Hun, 528 ; Ward v. Ward, 16 Abb. (N. C.), 25,3. This conclusion is not at odds-with Lorillard v. Cosier ( 5 Paige, 172 ), or with Hawley v. James (Id., 442). … Taylor ( 129 Mass., 160 ), Goddard v. Brown (12 R. I.,. 31), Hampton v. Holman (L. R. Ch. Div., 183), Jackson v. Turnley (21 Eng. L. and Eq. 13), Thelluson v. Woodford (4 Ves. 227, 309, 310, 328), Lady Langdale v.
Cited 0 timesPublished191 Misc. 179 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 14, 1948
* * * the Trust Company shall have the right to sell, assign and deliver the whole or any part of the property * * * at any time or times either at the New York Stock Exchange or at any other Exchange or at any broker’s board … It has been held that the provisions of this statute may be waived by the parties (Letzter v. Nager, 186 N. Y. S. 578; Jacobs v. National Bank of Far Rockaway, 13 N. Y. S. 2d 60).
Cited 3 timesPublished156 Misc. 268 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jul 2, 1935
(Globe Woolen Co. v. Utica G. & El. Co., 224 N. Y. 483 ; Munson v. Syracuse, G. & C. R. R. Co., 103 N. Y. 58 .) ” (Browning v. Fidelity Trust Co., 250 Fed. 321 ; Jothann v. Irving Trust Co., 151 Misc. 107 .) … Y. 704 ; Matter of Farmer, [1917] 99 Misc. 437 ; Matter of Hamilton, [1917] 100 id. 72; Matter of Kozlay, [1918] 104 id. 120; Matter of Fox, [1921] 114 id. 368; Matter of Marshall, [1922] 119 id. 407; Brown v.
Cited 5 timesPublished1 Pow. Surr. 284 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 15, 1892
Rep. 111; People v. Westbrook, 61 How. Pr. 138 ; Kammerrer v. Ziegler, 1 Dem. Sur. 177 ; Hopkins v. Van Valkenburgh, 16 Hun, 3 ). … Pool v. Pool, 1 Hill, 580 .
Cited 2 timesPublished3 Abb. Pr. 218 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 15, 1856
In Wilson v. … In Bex v.
Cited 34 timesPublished144 Misc. 181 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 27, 1932
(Collyer v. Collyer, 113 N. Y. 442 ; Matter of Zegel, 171 App. Div. 513 ; Seaman v. Jamison, 158 id. 832; More v. Shepard, 133 id. 471; Matter of Goss, 98 id. 489; Platt v. … (Caldwell v. Lucas, 233 N. Y. 248 ; McKeon v. Van Slyck, 223 id. 392 ; Ward v. N. Y. Life Ins. Co., 225 id. 314 .)
Cited 13 timesPublishedIn re the Estate of Goehringer
69 Misc. 2d 145 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 6, 1972
Y. 370 , supra; Sherman v. Richmond Hose Co., 230 N. Y. 462 ; Rose v. Hawley, 118 N. Y. 502 ; Van de Bogert v. Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, 219 App. … (Rose v. Hawley, 118 N. Y. 502 , supra; see, also, De Kay v. Board of Educ. of Cent. School Dist. No. 2 of Town of Bath, 20 Misc 2d 881 and cases cited; cf. Evans v. Abney, 396 U. S. 435 [divesting statute].)
Cited 17 timesPublishedIn re the Probate of the Will of Cote
195 Misc. 410 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 26, 1949
The case of Titus v. … Y. 158 ; Jardine v. O’Hare [1910], 66 Misc. 33 ; Matter of Brown [1934], 153 Misc. 282 ; Thompson v. Thompson [1937], 163 Misc. 946 ; affd. 254 App. Div. 601 [1938, 3rd Dept.]). *418 In the case of Schoonmaker v.
Cited 6 timesPublished159 Misc. 302 · New York Surrogate's Court · Apr 16, 1936
Beard v. Beard ( 140 N. Y. 260, 265 ) is a leading authority. … The trustee seeks to avoid the effect of the rule in Beard v.
Cited 9 timesPublished
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