Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1972

In re the Estate of Carroll

In re the Estate of Carroll
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 13, 1972
40 A.D.2d 843; 337 N.Y.S.2d 500; 1972 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3415
In re the Estate of Carroll

Opinion of the Court

Order of the Surrogate’s Court, Queens County, dated March 7, 1972, affirmed, without costs. No opinion. Hopkins, Acting P. J., Martuscello, Latham and Brennan, JJ., concur; Benjamin, J., dissents and votes to reverse the order and to grant appellants’ motion for leave to file objections to probate, with the following memorandum: Under the circumstances of this case, involving a family dispute, in my opinion there was no laches as a matter of law and appellants’ default should be opened and their objections allowed to be filed.

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