Respondent Estate Company is the owner of commercial rental property located at 33 West 19th Street in Manhattan. Respondent had a commercial property insurance policy with appellant Insurance Company which included “Builders’ Risk Coverage,” covering damage to its property while undergoing renovation. A New York Probate Lawyer said that during…
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Brother Battles Sister Over Father’s Estate
A man died at the age of 71 years and his wife, who had been battling cancer, also died the day before his own death. The deceased man’s successors are his children. A New York Probate Lawyer said at the examination, the ten passbooks, the deceased man’s hospital records, the…
Court Rules on Setting Fees for Legal Counsel of the Executor
A New York Family Lawyer said in this uncontested accounting proceeding are the issues of the fees of counsel for the executor, accountant’s fees and reimbursements to the executor of sums advanced by the counsel. A woman died as resident of Massapequa, New York. She was survived by her son,…
Court Reviews Details of Final Accounting
Before the court is the first and final account of A as ancillary executor of the estate of B; an estate litigation. The court is asked to approve attorney’s fees, commissions, reimbursement of expenses for the estate administration and the settlement of the account. A New York Probate Lawyer said…
Court Discusses Conflict of Creditor Acting as an Administrator
In this Estate Litigation action, a creditor of the deceased filed a petition. Petitioner asks the court to issue limited letters of administration to the Public Administrator of Nassau County so that he can defend the estate against creditor’s mortgage foreclosure action against decedent’s residential real property. The petition avers…
Court Decides Property Ownership in Light of Two Separate Wills
A New York Probate Lawyer said in an action transferred to this court from Supreme Court, Nassau County, defendant moves for an order directing the County Clerk of Nassau County to cancel a notice of pendency filed in connection with the action and for an order quieting title in the…
Court Discusses Criminal Intention in Will Forgery Case
This was a certiorari case filed before the court by the petitioner, a former war veteran, who was charged and indicted for conversion of government property. A New York Probate Lawyer said the large tract of Michigan land was used by government for practice bombing range where the Air Force…
Court Discusses Labor Law Issue
The defendant third-party plaintiff, corporation-one, owned real property where it was building a group of town houses. It hired the third-party defendant, corporation-two, to perform carpentry work and hired the defendant corporation-three to perform roofing work. A New York Probate Lawyer said the plaintiff, an undocumented alien, was an employee…
Court Discusses Liberal Interpretation of Lien Law
Defendant Neptune Estates, LLC (“Neptune”), owner of 380 Neptune Avenue, Brooklyn,, NY (“Property”), entered a contractor’s agreement with defendant Big Poll Construction, Inc. (“Big Poll”) whereby Big Poll would act as the general contractor on a construction project on the Property (“Project”). In February 2009, plaintiff entered two subcontractor agreements…
Court Determines the First and Final Account for the Administrator
The Facts of the Case: On 22 February 2004, a resident of Hicksville died with a will dated 6 November 2002, months after a guardian was appointed on her behalf under Mental Health Law Article 81. The decedent left all of her property, other than a $15,000.00 bequest to a…