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  • In re the Estate of Feldhus

    165 Misc. 122 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 23, 1937

    (Laurence v. Brown, 5 N. Y. 394, 401) Jewett v. Miller, 10 id. 402, 409 ; Manufacturers’ & Traders’ Bank v. Hazard, 30 id. 226, 230; Continental National Bank v. … (Fowler v. Coates, 201 N. Y. 257, 262 ; Vail v. Long Island R. R. Co., 106 id. 283, 287 ; Calvary Presbyterian Church v. Putnam, 249 id. 111, 115; Beardslee v. Beardslee, 5 Barb. 324, 330 ; Weiss v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Herrick

    152 Misc. 9 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 18, 1934

    (Van Beuren v. Dash, 30 N. Y. 393 .) … (Soper v. Brown, 136 N. Y. 244 ; Matter of Durant, 231 id. 41.)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Ageloff

    161 Misc. 388 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 15, 1936

    Div. 615 ); Matter of Jacobs (109 id. 293) and Matter of Brown (76 id. 185). … (Quotation from Chase v. Chase, 20 R. I. 202, per Stiness, J.) ” (Seligson v. Weiss, 222 App. Div. 634, 638 .)

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Brown

    169 Misc. 43 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 22, 1938

    Brown, Jr. … Brown, Sr.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Voëssing v. Voëssing

    4 Redf. 360 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 15, 1880

    (Carmichael v. Wilson, 3 Moll., 84, 88; Walker v. Wetherell, 6 Ves., 474 ; Smith v. Low, 1 Atk., 489; Long v. Norcom, 2 Iredell Eq., 354 ; 3 Redf. on Wills, 453.) … It may be likened to the case of an executor or administrator, claiming, on his accounting, to be reimbursed out of the estate for the board of the deceased, during his lifetime.

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  • In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Howland

    37 Misc. 114 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 15, 1902

    Goebel v. Wolf, 113 N. Y. 405 ; Matter of Brown, 154 N. Y. 314 . … Jackson v. Brown, 13 Wend. 437 -445. In the case cited, the rule was applied where the difficulties were far greater than exist in the case at bar.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Brennan v. Lane

    4 Dem. Sur. 322 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 15, 1886

    Bliss v. … Wood v. Brown ( 34 N.

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  • Ex parte Thompson

    4 Bradf. 154 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 15, 1856

    He was cook on board the steam-ship, and not what is ordinarily understood as a mariner. … Pyke, in 3 Curteis, 539 ; Re Prendegast, 5 Notes of Cases, 92; Merlin, Test., sec. 2, § 3, arts. v. viii.)

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Griffith

    167 Misc. 366 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 20, 1938

    In citing Jar dine v. O’Hare to support this ruling, the surrogate classified the Brown case as outside the group of those wherein “ the contract contemplates and provides for that situation after the husband’s death.” … In Rouse v. Rouse ( 76 Kan. 311 ; 91 P. 45 ) and in Magee v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Kinch

    59 Misc. 2d 481 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 11, 1969

    There was a long packet in a brown bag in the back of this black leather bag. Mrs. … (Champney v. Blanchard, 39 N. Y. 111, 116 .) In the case of Porter v.

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  • In re the Estate of Sweeney

    155 Misc. 461 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 8, 1935

    (Matter of Brown, 252 N. Y. 366, 374, 375 ; Matter of Brunswick, 143 Misc. 573, 578, 579, 580 ; Matter of Brady, 228 App. Div. 56, 60 .) … (McKenna v. Meehan, 248 N. Y. 206, 213 ; Hodgman v. Cobb, 202 App. Div. 259 ; Matter of Gambrill, 135 Misc. 516 .) These sections are applicable to personal property. (Matter of De Rycke, 99 App. Div. 596 ; Ullman v.

    Cited 11 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Rosenbaum

    27 Misc. 2d 492 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 6, 1961

    Y. 834 ; Jardine v. O’Hare, 66 Misc. 33 ). The burden, moreover, of establishing this purpose is on the person seeking to exclude the spouse (Matter of Brown, 202 Misc. 820, 823 ). … Had there been an intention on the part of the widow to waive her rights in intestacy, it would have been a simple matter to provide for a release of such rights (Thompson v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of Sinnott

    11 Mills Surr. 57 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 15, 1913

    McNaughton v. McNaughton, 3 N. Y. 201, 203, 205 ; Brown v. Brown, 16 Barb. 569 . … Lowndes v. Norton, 33 L. J. Ch. 583; Leigh v. Norbury, 13 Ves. Jr. 340; Philson v. Moore, 23 Hun, 152 , 155.

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  • In re Fithian

    5 Dem. Sur. 305 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 15, 1886

    LeCount, 1 Dem., 29 ; Maze v. Brown, 2 Dem., 217 ; Murray v. Vanderpoel, id., 311; Bunnell v. Ranney, id., 327). … By no other course could the rights of all persons interested in such estate be properly protected (Spencer v. Popham, 5 Redf., 425 ). This application must be denied.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Hastings

    183 Misc. 520 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 12, 1944

    J., February 5, 1944, p. 490, col. 1; Matter of Brown, 183 Misc. 470 ; Matter of Selig, N. Y. L. J., April 7, 1944, p. 1359, col. 5.) … Our courts would not undertake to enforce such a tax (State of Colorado v. Harbeck, 232 N. Y. 71 ; Matter of Martin, 255 N.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • In re the Estate of Ethier

    142 Misc. 441 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 15, 1932

    (Sands v. Sparling, 82 Hun, 401, 402 ; Lashaw v. Croissant, 88 id. 206, 207; Carver v. Wagner, 51 App. Div. 47, 50 ; Briggs v. Devoe, 89 id. 115, 118 .) … (Minehan v. Hill, 144 App. Div. [3d Dept.] 854, 859.)

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  • In re the Estate of Zietz

    205 Misc. 20 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 7, 1954

    There is precedent for restraining an attorney from acting adversely to a client whom the attorney represented on the same issue in a prior action or proceeding (Watson v. Watson, 171 Misc. 175 ; Brown v. … Water Authority v. Western N. Y. Water Co., supra; Bloomingdale Bros. v. Hudson, 147 Misc. 759 ).

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Dole

    16 Mills Surr. 113 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 25, 1915

    (Gall v. Stark, 98 Ill. App. 121 ; Gerz v. Weber, 151 Penn. St. 396. See, too, Collyer v. Collyer, 113 N. Y. 449 .) … (Kearney v. McKeon, 85 N. Y. 136 ; Matter of Van Slooten v. Wheeler, 140 id. 624 ; Porter v. Rhoades, 48 App. Div. 635 .)

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  • In re the Estate of Rathbone

    170 Misc. 1030 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 10, 1939

    The effect of secrecy in a society’s ritual caused the court to say in Washington Camp v. Board of Equalization (87 N. J. … Following that determination the proceeding before the Board of Tax Appeals was had and the property held taxable by that Board. In its determination the Board of Tax Appeals said: “ Benevolence is not charity.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Hurd v. Callahan

    5 Redf. 393 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 15, 1881

    v. … The case of Ferguson v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished

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