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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... statute and no written law on the subject , the administration of justice would not tolerate the appoint- ment of a person guilty of murder under the circumstances charged . APPEAL by the contestants , Walter W. Briggs and another ...
... statute and no written law on the subject , the administration of justice would not tolerate the appoint- ment of a person guilty of murder under the circumstances charged . APPEAL by the contestants , Walter W. Briggs and another ...
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... statute and no written law on the subject , it is inconceivable that the administration of justice would tolerate the appointment of a person guilty of murder under the circumstances charged here . It is a well - known maxim of the law ...
... statute and no written law on the subject , it is inconceivable that the administration of justice would tolerate the appointment of a person guilty of murder under the circumstances charged here . It is a well - known maxim of the law ...
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... statute specifically authorizes the presentation of objections to the fit- ness of an executor , and specifically provides that evidence may be taken to establish such objections . The surrogate in this case refused to hear any proof ...
... statute specifically authorizes the presentation of objections to the fit- ness of an executor , and specifically provides that evidence may be taken to establish such objections . The surrogate in this case refused to hear any proof ...
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... statute being now article 7 of the General Municipal Law [ Consol . Laws , ch . 24 ; Laws of 1909 , ch . 29 ] , as amd . by Laws of 1910 , ch . 163 ) . The said 4th paragraph and the 5th , 6th , 7th , 8th and 9th paragraphs of the will ...
... statute being now article 7 of the General Municipal Law [ Consol . Laws , ch . 24 ; Laws of 1909 , ch . 29 ] , as amd . by Laws of 1910 , ch . 163 ) . The said 4th paragraph and the 5th , 6th , 7th , 8th and 9th paragraphs of the will ...
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... statute and that one - half of the estate should , therefore , pass to the heirs and next of kin of the deceased as in a case of intestacy . If there was a secret trust of the character indi- cated it was void and the plaintiff's ...
... statute and that one - half of the estate should , therefore , pass to the heirs and next of kin of the deceased as in a case of intestacy . If there was a secret trust of the character indi- cated it was void and the plaintiff's ...
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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...