Case law

In re the Estate of Raggi

171 Misc. 836 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jul 1, 1939

(West v. McCullough, 123 App. Div. 846 ; affd., 194 N. Y. 518 .) ” The next of kin who oppose the claims of the widow here, in part, rely upon Matter of Brown ( 86 Misc. 187 ; affd., 167 App. Div. 912 ; affd,, 217 N. … In the Brown case the right of access only was given. In the present case there was an explicit declaration conveying title and ownership in the survivor. In Young v. Young (126 Cal.

In re Traznier

2 Redf. 171 · New York Surrogate's Court · Apr 15, 1877

(Robinson v. Crandall, 9 Wend. 425 , Smith v. Webb. 1 Barb. R. 230, Vroom v. Van Horne, *173 10 Paige, 549 .) … v.

In re the Estate of Taber

1 Mills Surr. 429 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 15, 1899

on the board.” … Case v. Case, 49 Hun, 83 ; Sears v. Shafer, 6 N. Y. 268 ; Ford v. Harrington, 16 id. 285 ; Barnard v. Gantz, 140 id. 249, and cases cited. In the case of Rix v. Hunt, 16 App.

Harward v. Hewlett

5 Redf. 330 · New York Surrogate's Court · Oct 15, 1881

upon the presumption that. the testator, in such case, must have intended that the legatee should in the meantime be maintained at his expense, thus discharging his moral obligation or carrying out his benevolent design (Brown … v.

In re the Estate of Mead

133 Misc. 370 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 31, 1928

,” etc. *372 The town board shall transmit that statement to the board of supervisors. " The board of supervisors shall levy such sums against the property liable and .shall state the amount of the tax in a separate column … (Doonan v. Killilea, 222 N.

In re the Construction of the Will of Bergen

22 Misc. 2d 762 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 9, 1959

Also see Bird v. Merklee ( 144 N. Y. 544 ). … It appears there is no such entity or corporate body registered by the name of 11 Board of Foreign Missions of the Dutch Reformed Church of America ”, but there is a corporation registered as ‘1 Board of Foreign Missions

In re Delaplaine

19 Abb. N. Cas. 413 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 15, 1887

That section was evidently suggested to the Code Commissioners by decisions *417 heretofore rendered in Wood v. Brown ( 34 N. Y. 337 ) and in Burt v. Burt ( 41 N. Y. 46 ). In Wood v. … The case was like the case at bar, and unlike that of Wood v. Brown, in the circumstance that no question was made respecting the safety of the fund involved or the responsibility of its custodian.

In re the Estate of Gaynor

13 Misc. 3d 331 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 29, 2006

Ct, D Mass 2004]; Hargrave v Brown, 783 So 2d 497, 499-501 [La Ct App 2001]). … Adopting the standard set forth by the Louisiana court in Hargrave v Brown, Magistrate Judge Wall held that the party seeking to compel DNA testing must establish a prima facie showing of the reasonable possibility of a match

In re the Estate of Kelly

36 Misc. 3d 736 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 18, 2012

If there is any doubt as to the existence of a triable issue, the motion for summary judgment must be denied (Hantz v Fishman, 155 AD2d 415 [1989]). … Therefore, according to the TSP Investment Board, it was legally bound to pay Ms. Gagliano the proceeds of the federal benefits.

In re the Estate of Campanelli

15 Misc. 2d 663 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 28, 1958

as to her aAvard, and the court reserved decision on the issue raised by petitioner’s ansAver pending the board’s action. … (Matter of Voelker v. Rosenberg's Sons, 275 N. Y. 565 ; Matter of Szuba v. Laub's Sons, supra; Matter of Marconi v. Marshall, 284 App. Div. 728 , motion for leave to appeal denied 308 N. Y. 1050 ; Matter of Kennedy v.

In re the Estate of Greenslitt

165 Misc. 464 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 29, 1937

(Moore v. Lyons, 25 Wend. 119 ; Sage v. Wheeler, 3 App. Div. 38 ; Matter of Brown, 93 N. Y. *467 295 ; Delafield v. Shipman, 103 N. Y. 463 ; Stokes v. Weston, 142 N. Y. 433 ; Bisson v. West Shore R, R. Co., 143 N. … Y. 125 ; Corse v. Chapman, 153 N. Y. 466 ; Hersee v. Simpson, 154 N. Y. 496 ; Goodwin v. Coddington, 154 N. Y. 283 ; Matter of Brown, 154 N. Y. 313 .) ” (See, also, Matter of Russell, 168 N. Y. 169, 175 .)

In re the Estate of Hilpert

165 Misc. 430 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 3, 1937

(Adams v. Winne, 7 Paige, 97, 102 ; Beck v. McGillis, 9 Barb. 35, 53 ; Gilbert v. Gilbert, Id. 532, 534; Brown v. Brown, 16 id. 569, 571; Vandemark v. Vandemark, 26 id. 416, 418; Philson v. … (Van Nostrand v. Moore, 52 N. Y. 12, 20 ; Van Vechten v. Keator, 63 id. 52, 55 ; Trustees v. Kellogg, 16 id. 83, 88 ; Roseboom v. Roseboom, 81 id. 356, 359; Adams v. Massey, 184 id. 62, 69 ; Matter of Kohler, 193 App.

In re the Will of Hohn

180 Misc. 384 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 28, 1943

Div. 72 ; Matter of Brown, 31 Hun, 166 .) … (Chamberlain v. Chamberlain, supra; Matter of Huss, supra; Matter of Prime, 136 N. Y. 347, 360 ; Kerr v. Dougherty, 79 N. Y. 327, 342 ; Congregational Unitarian Society v. Hale, 29 App.

In re the Estate of Woodward

174 Misc. 919 · New York Surrogate's Court · Aug 1, 1940

Law, § 18; Low v. Bankers Trust Co., 270 N. Y. 143 ; Guaranty Trust Co. v. Halsted, 245 id. 447; Speir v. Benvenuti, 197 App. Div. 209 ; Matter of Brown, 169 Misc. 43 .) … (Fargo v. Squiers, 154 N. Y. 250 ; Matter of Wainwright, 248 App. Div. 336 ; Matter of Terwilliger, 135 Misc. 170 ; affd., 230 App. Div. 763 ; Matter of Brown, 169 Misc. 43 ; Matter of Wickham, 139 id. 729; Maynard v.

In re the Estate of Cameron

113 Misc. 416 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 15, 1920

Mount v. Tuttle, 183 N. Y. 358, 367 ; Murray v. Miller, 178 id. 316; Kernochan v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co., 187 App. Div. 668 ; affd., 227 N. Y. 658 . … It was held that the legacy should be paid to the Board of Foreign Missions.

Potter v. McAlpine

3 Dem. Sur. 108 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 15, 1885

The sanity of every man and his capacity to make a will are to be presumed until the contrary appears, and the burden of proving mental disability is on him who asserts it (Delafield v. Parish, 25 N. Y., 9 ; Brown v. … Board of Foreign Missions, 67 Barb., 590 -595; 1 Redf. on Wills, 79; Children’s Aid Society v. Loveridge, 70 N. Y., 387 ; Riggs v. American Tract Society, 95 id., 508 ; Fraser v. Jennison, 42 Mich., 206 -238).

In re the Estate of Dunigan

177 Misc. 212 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 18, 1941

Y. 186; Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. v. … Div. 755 ; Matter of Bush, 124 Misc. 674 ; Matter of Browning, 172 id. 1088, 1090.)

In re the Estate of Tubbs

169 Misc. 914 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 28, 1939

It follows that the legal title to the corpus of the trust created in the third clause of the will vests in the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church. (Locke v. Farmers’ L. & T. Co., 140 N. … (Cammann v. Bailey, 210 N. Y. 19, 30 .) Decreed accordingly.

In re the Estate of Stutzer

156 Misc. 684 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 23, 1935

Y. 577 ; Runyon v. Grubb, 119 App. Div. 17, 19 ; Matter of Russell, 168 N. Y. 169, 176 ; Matter of Brown, 154 id. 313, 327, 328 ; Bergmann v. Lord, 194 id. 70, 74; Matter of Bostwick, 203 App. Div. 158, 159 ; Foote v. … Green, 63 Hun, 6, 7 ; Matter of Brown, 135 Misc. 611, 614 .)

In re the Accounting of Goldenberg

27 Misc. 2d 425 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 7, 1961

enable title thereto to pass to the trustee; and (4) the actual delivery of the fund or other property, or of a legal assignment thereof to the trustee, with the intention of passing legal title thereto to him as trustee (Brown … v.