New York Court of Appeals, 1977

Matter of Thoens

New York Court of Appeals · Decided February 8, 1977

41 N.Y.2d 823; 361 N.E.2d 1046

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

O'KEEFFE v. Bry (District Court, S.D. New York 1978)
In re the Estate of Hennel (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2015)
In re the Estate of Hennel (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2015)
Shaffer v. Schenectady City School District (2d Cir. 2001)
Matter of Riconda (N.Y. 1997)
In re the Estate of Lubins (New York Surrogate's Court 1997)
In re the Estate of Drogin (New York Surrogate's Court 1989)

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Opinion

41 N.Y.2d 823 (1977)

In the Matter of The Estate of Bess Thoens, Also Known as Bessie Thoens, Deceased. Victor Rizika, Appellant; Barnet Kaprow et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued January 4, 1977.Decided February 8, 1977.

Robert Konove and Ronald L. Konove for appellant.

Barnet Kaprow, Philip A. Limpert, Philip A. Limpert, Jr., and Gerald Moss for preliminary executors and others, respondents.

Joseph A. Cox and Robert E. Steinberg for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, respondent.

Richard A. Watson for New York Infirmary, respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE.

Order affirmed, with costs payable personally by claimant, on the opinion by former Surrogate S. SAMUEL DI FALCO.

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