Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Surrogates' Courts of the State of New York: With Annotations, Volume 17W. C. Little & Company, 1919 |
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... hold that a reversal must follow ; that while it did not affect the parties personally , it was the duty of the administratrix to protect in a way the unknown heirs , and in that respect she had the right to be heard . When the case ...
... hold that a reversal must follow ; that while it did not affect the parties personally , it was the duty of the administratrix to protect in a way the unknown heirs , and in that respect she had the right to be heard . When the case ...
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... hold I will not compel this proponent to meet the charge of murder in this civil action unless I am compelled to do so by higher authority , the Court of Appeals not having passed upon that question when they had ample opportunity to do ...
... hold I will not compel this proponent to meet the charge of murder in this civil action unless I am compelled to do so by higher authority , the Court of Appeals not having passed upon that question when they had ample opportunity to do ...
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... hold the rest and residue of his property as a corporation for the pur- pose of creating , continuing , enlarging , improving and main- taining a public library and one or more public parks in Glens Falls under and pursuant to the ...
... hold the rest and residue of his property as a corporation for the pur- pose of creating , continuing , enlarging , improving and main- taining a public library and one or more public parks in Glens Falls under and pursuant to the ...
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... hold that the surrogate's decree is not res adjudicata upon that question . But I can suggest no construction of the surrogate's findings consistent with her good faith . If the question of appellant's good faith was not material to the ...
... hold that the surrogate's decree is not res adjudicata upon that question . But I can suggest no construction of the surrogate's findings consistent with her good faith . If the question of appellant's good faith was not material to the ...
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... Hold the same for the following uses and purposes : to invest the same in such securities as are directed in my said will in respect to such sums as are given in said will to my trustees in trust ; to collect the rents , income and ...
... Hold the same for the following uses and purposes : to invest the same in such securities as are directed in my said will in respect to such sums as are given in said will to my trustees in trust ; to collect the rents , income and ...
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Page 200 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 159 - The court may, upon the trial, or at any other stage of the action, before or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as it deems just...
Page 383 - All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, I give, devise and bequeath to my...
Page 183 - From such report and other proof relating to any such estate before the surrogate, the surrogate shall forthwith, as of course determine the cash value of all estates and the amount of tax to which the same are liable; or the surrogate may so determine the cash value of all such estates and the amount of tax to which the same are liable, without . appointing an appraiser.
Page 211 - ... or to any person taxable at a rate less than the rate imposed and paid, such person or corporation shall be entitled to a return of so much of the tax imposed and paid as is the difference between the amount paid and the amount which said person or corporation should pay under the provisions of this article, with interest thereon at the rate of three per centum per annum from the time of payment.
Page 350 - Taxes upon the transfer of any estate, property or interest therein limited, conditioned, dependent or determinable upon the happening of any contingency or future event by reason of which the fair market value thereof cannot be ascertained at the time of the transfer, as herein provided, shall accrue and become due and payable when the persons or corporations beneficially entitled thereto shall come into actual possession or enjoyment thereof.
Page 199 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default, is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages, in respect thereof...
Page 198 - Every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and child of the person whose death shall have been so caused...
Page 198 - ... the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought ; and the amount so recovered, after deducting the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the before-mentioned parties in such shares as the jury by their verdict shall find and direct.
Page 197 - Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect, or default may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him...