This is a proceeding to construe and reform Article III, the residuary clause, of the last will and testament of BO, so as to enable the estate to qualify for an unlimited New York estate tax marital deduction. While an application to reform a will to enable the estate to…
This is an application by the Public Administrator of the County of Kings for a construction of testatrix’ will and other relief. The testatrix died on December 27, 1919 leaving a will dated February 11, 1905 which was duly admitted to probate in this Court on June 18, 1920. Except…
In a probate proceeding, the Petitioner appeals from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County dated July 1, 2004, as denied that branch of her cross motion which was for the issuance of preliminary letters testamentary to her for the estate of an immediate relative and…
In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and for wrongful death, the defendant X. Co. appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County, dated December 16, 1985, as, inter alia, denied its cross motion to dismiss the complaint as against it. This Court…
In a probate proceeding in which legatee Mr. E, petitioned to compel the payment of a legacy, nonparty Mr. LB appeals, by permission, from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, dated December 4, 2008, as disqualified his law firm, SR, P.C., and all members and associates of…
This action is brought to restrain the violation or the threatened violation by the defendant of a certain restrictive covenant claimed by plaintiffs to affect the lots or parcels of land within an area located in the Borough of Brooklyn now or heretofore known as ‘XYZ Property’. The area in…
Mr. LM, a resident of Burlington, Vt., died in August, 1870, leaving a last will dated October 3, 1868, and a codicil thereto executed October 28, 1868, which will and codicil were admitted to probate in the state of Vermont on September 16, 1870, and letters testamentary thereon issued to…
This proceeding for settlement of a final trust accounting presents a question of construction occasioned by the bankruptcy of a charitable remainderman designated by the donee of a power of appointment. The donor of the power, Mr. AK, died March 3, 1931 leaving a 1927 will which was probated in…
In this proceeding for leave to compromise an action for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering, the decedent was survived by his wife and two children all of whom presently reside in Ecuador. The decedent died as a result of injuries he sustained in a construction accident on June…
In a probate proceeding, the petitioner, Mrs. JP, appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Surrogate’s Court, Kings County, dated October 16, 2007, as, after a hearing, granted those branches of the motion of the objectant, Mr. EP III, which were to disqualify…