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Matter of Wells

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 13, 1972
29 N.Y.2d 931 (N.Y. 1972)

Opinion

Argued November 16, 1971

Decided January 13, 1972

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, MICHAEL L. ROGERS, S.

Charles M. Carroll and A. Richard Hatfield, Jr. for Lewis A. Wells et al., respondents-appellants.

Dean J. Fero for Doris Gruschow, respondent-appellant.

Byron Johnson, George A. Schell and Curtis W. Barker for appellant-respondent.

J. Paul Brennan, guardian ad litem, pro se, respondent-appellant.

No appearance for Ruth Musfeldt et al., respondents-appellants.


Order affirmed on the opinion at the Appellate Division, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs payable out of the estate.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BREITEL and JASEN. Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN and GIBSON dissent and vote to modify and reinstate the decree of the Surrogate's Court on the Surrogate's opinion.


Summaries of

Matter of Wells

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 13, 1972
29 N.Y.2d 931 (N.Y. 1972)
Case details for

Matter of Wells

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Accounting of the MARINE MIDLAND TRUST COMPANY OF…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 13, 1972

Citations

29 N.Y.2d 931 (N.Y. 1972)
329 N.Y.S.2d 322
280 N.E.2d 95

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