Case law

In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Estate of Lyden

64 Misc. 597 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 15, 1909

In William v. Freeman, 83 N. … In Brown v. Quintard, 177 N.

In re the Estate of Kaphan

176 Misc. 228 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 4, 1941

(Govin v. de Miranda, 140 N. Y. 474 ; Miller v. Silverman, 247 id. 447 ; Matter of Cohn, 187 App. Div. 392 .) … (Matter of Brown, 252 N. Y. 366 ; Matter of Brady, 254 id. 590, affg. 228 App. Div. 56 ; Matter of Valentine, 122 Misc. 486 .)

In re the Estate of Sniffin

177 Misc. 640 · New York Surrogate's Court · Oct 8, 1941

International Salt Co., Inc., v. Graves, 267 N. Y. 149 ; People ex rel. Bankers Trust Co. v. Graves , 270 id. 316, 320.) The error herein, however, does not appear to be one of law. … Y. 613 ; Matter of Brown, 172 Misc. 413 .)

In re the Probate of the Will of Mercer

207 Misc. 346 · New York Surrogate's Court · Feb 4, 1955

The cases of Kip v. Van Cortland ( 7 Hill 346 ) ; Matter of Storms ( 3 Redf. 327 ) ; Brown v. Clark ( 77 N. Y. 369 ) ; Matter of Klein ( 177 Misc. 555 ) and Matter of Knapp (23 N. Y. … In Kip v. Van Cortland (supra), there were passing references to the effect of a codicil indorsed upon a will.

In re the Estate of Espenscheid

140 Misc. 53 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 4, 1931

(Hodgman v. Cobb, 202 App. Div. 259 ; Brown v. Spohr, 180 N. Y. 201 .) . In the present case the bequest is not made to the executor but is made direct to the beneficiary. … (Johnson v. Lawrence, 95 N. Y. 154 ; McAlpine v. Potter, 126 id. 285 ; Matter of Ziegler, 218 id. 544.)

In re the Estate of Scott

5 Misc. 2d 690 · New York Surrogate's Court · Aug 23, 1956

(New York City Mission Soc. v. Board of Pensions of Presbyt. Church, 174 Misc. 268 , affd. 261 App. Div. 823 , motion for leave to appeal denied 285 N. Y. 862 ; Matter of Neary, 194 Misc. 200 .)

In re the Estate of Sprague

4 Mills Surr. 104 · New York Surrogate's Court · Nov 15, 1903

Supp. 700 , as holding contrary to the views of the court in the ease of Baucus v. … -Suppose that a man and his wife were boarding, and that that had been their mode of living during their married life; that they had no household furniture, they required none; their manner and style of living absolved them

In re the Construction of the Will of Rosman

19 Misc. 2d 881 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jul 17, 1959

A particular clause of a will must be considered in the light shed upon it by reading the will as a whole (Davis v. Crandall, 101 N. … Parol evidence may not be substituted to provide omitted words or to vary the provisions of the will (Matter of Smith, supra; Dwight v. Fancher, 245 N. Y. 71 ; Brown v. Quintard, 177 N.

In re the Accounting of Grasso

1 Misc. 2d 704 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jan 19, 1956

Co. v. Staten Is. R. T. Ry. Co., 251 N. Y. 127 , affd., 281 U. S. 98 ; Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Colon & Co., 260 N. Y. 305 ; Commissioners of State Ins. Fund v. Empire Trust Co., 184 Misc. 947 ; Matter of Vleck v. … Y. 371 ; Matter of Kiriloff v. A. G. W. Wet Wash Laundry, 293 N. Y. 222 ; Matter of Becker v. Marcy State Hosp., 264 App. Div. 643 ).

In re the Estate of Crater

171 Misc. 732 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 8, 1939

(Butler v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 225 N. Y. 197, 203 .) … Co., supra; Matter of Board of Education, 173 N. Y. 321 ; Matter of Wagener, 143 App. Div. 286 ; Matter of Katz, 135 Misc. 861 .)

In re Clark's Estate

134 N.Y.S. 226 · New York Surrogate's Court · Oct 13, 1911

BROWN, S. … Following New York African Soc. v. Varick, 13 Johns. 38 , Bailey v. Onondaga County Mut. Ins. Co., 6 Hill, 476 , 41 Am. Dec. 759 , and Newport Mechanics’ Mfg. Co. v. Starbird, 10 N. H. 123, 34 Am. Dec. 145 .

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Rhoades

2 Gibb. Surr. 554 · New York Surrogate's Court · Sep 15, 1898

Brown v. Richter, 25 App. Div. 239 ; Van Nos- *558 trand v. Marvin, 16 id. 33; Clark v. Cammann, 14 id. 133. … Van Nostrand v. Marvin, Clark v. Cammann and Simonson v. Waller, above cited, treat Savage v. Burnham, 17 N. Y. 561 , and Howland v.

In re the Estate of Matthiessen

175 Misc. 466 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 6, 1940

(Cochran v. Commonwealth, 241 Ky. 656 ; 44 S. W [2d] 603: Foulkes v. Foulkes, 173 Ark. 188 ; 293 S. W. 1 ; Bacon v. Barber, — Vt. —; 6 A. [2d] 9.) … Brown v. Routzahn (63 F. [2d] 914; certiorari denied, 290 U. S. 641 ) was a suit by the Collector of Internal Revenue to recover a tax upon a gift alleged to have been made in contemplation of death.

In re the Guardianship of Clarke

145 Misc. 660 · New York Surrogate's Court · Dec 1, 1932

(Devine v. Melton, 170 App. Div. 280, 282 ; City of New York v. Interborough R. T. Co., 134 Misc. 827, 832 ; Franklin v. Leiter, 149 App. Div. 678, 679 ; O’Grady v. State of New York, 118 Misc. 693, 696 ; Freshman v. … Yulee, 64 id. 449, 452; Silverstein v. Brown, 153 App. Div. 677, 680 .)

Fowler v. Walter

1 Dem. Sur. 240 · New York Surrogate's Court · May 15, 1883

Its prayer should be for the appointment of the petitioner himself, and the citation should correspond with the petition, and should issue to all persons having a prior right (see Batchelor v. … Pumpelly v. Tinkham ( 23 Barb., 321 ), cited by counsel for the petitioner, is not at odds with this view.

In re the Estate of Cuddeback

168 Misc. 698 · New York Surrogate's Court · Aug 31, 1938

Y. 132 ; Brown v. Cleveland Trust Co., 233 id. 399; Costello v. Costello, 209 id. 252; King v. Talbot, 40 id. 76; Litchfield v. White, 7 id. 438; Matter of Roche, 233 App. Div. 236 ; modfd., 259 N. … Y. 132 ; Crabb v. Young, 92 id. 56.)

In re the Estate of Zabriskie

159 Misc. 199 · New York Surrogate's Court · Apr 24, 1936

(Carpenter v. Taylor, 164 N. Y. 171 ; Fulton v. Whitney, 66 id. 548; Case v. Carroll, 35 id. 385; Forbes v. Halsey, 26 id. 53; Gardner v. Ogden, 22 id. 327; Terwilliger v. Brown, 44 id. 237; Slater v. Slater, 114 App. … Div. 160 ; Matter of Schroeder No. 1, 113 id. 204 ; Matter of Clift, 135 Misc. 4 ; Johnston v. Johnston, 131 id. 323, 328.) The issue is whether it applies here.

In re the Estate of Brown

183 Misc. 470 · New York Surrogate's Court · Apr 6, 1944

In this accounting proceeding of the executors the principal question is raised by an objection of the widow *471 of the decedent, Ada Brown, to the account. The construction of the will is required. … (Pierrepont v. Edwards, 25 N. Y. 128 ; Matter of Vanderbilt, 229 App. Div. 574 , affg. 134 Misc. 574 ; Matter of Whitcomb, 175 Misc. 564 .) The principle of these cases is well expressed in Pierrepont v.

In re the Estate of Jack

154 Misc. 617 · New York Surrogate's Court · Mar 4, 1935

The rule of law in relation to descent and devise of contract rights is stated in Williams v. Haddock ( 145 N. … Div. 331, at p. 334 ; Williams v. Kinney, supra, which also recites for like holdings, Champion v. Brown, 6 Johns. Ch. 398 , and Griffith v. Beecher, 10 Barb. 432 .)

In re the Construction of the Will of Shatford

18 Misc. 2d 953 · New York Surrogate's Court · Jun 26, 1959

Div. 888 ; Conway v. Bowe, 116 N. Y. S. 2d 182; Matter of Bowne, 11 Misc 2d 597 ). … Joseph’s Hosp. v. Bennett, 281 N. Y. 115 .)