This was a certiorari case filed before the court by the petitioner, a former war veteran, who was charged and indicted for conversion of government property. A New York Probate Lawyer said the large tract of Michigan land was used by government for practice bombing range where the Air Force…
Articles Posted in Wills
Plaintiff Petitions for a Rent-Stabilized Lease and Lease Renewal in Perpetuity
This is an action for breach of an illegal oral contract to issue plaintiff a rent-stabilized lease and lease renewals, in perpetuity. The complaint filed in April 2004 asserts a right to a renewal lease under a tenancy created by a purported 1992 verbal agreement with defendant landlord’s principal. A…
Defendants Fail to Establish Prima Facie Case for Summary Judgment
Two cases were brought before the court for resolution. In the first case: A New York Probate Lawyer said that on 24 July 2006, the Supreme Court of New York County rendered judgment granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment only to the extent of precluding plaintiff from asserting any…
Court Hears Action for Ejectment
Two cases were brought before the court for resolution. In the first case: On 24 July 2006, the Supreme Court of New York County rendered judgment granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment only to the extent of precluding plaintiff from asserting any claims for legal fees incurred in the…
Court Discusses Labor Law Issue
The defendant third-party plaintiff, corporation-one, owned real property where it was building a group of town houses. It hired the third-party defendant, corporation-two, to perform carpentry work and hired the defendant corporation-three to perform roofing work. A New York Probate Lawyer said the plaintiff, an undocumented alien, was an employee…
Probate Court Reverses Summary Judgment
The order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court which reversed a judgment of the New York County Civil Court in tenant’s favor was unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and the landlord’s petition is dismissed. A New York Probate Lawyer said the evidence presented…
Court Determines How Residuary Bequest Shall Be Made
Two probate proceedings were brought before the court for resolution. A New York Probate Lawyer said in the first case, the Court was required to determine the manner in which payment of the residuary bequest shall be made. As provided for under the will’s eleventh article, the residuary estate was…
Court Decides Will Contest Involving Minor Children
A New York Probate Lawyer said that on 11 April 2007, the decedent died leaving a will dated 7 August 1997. She was survived by her two sons, A and B, and a granddaughter, CC, issue of a predeceased daughter, C. Under the decedent’s will, her estate was to be…
Court Hears Venue Challenge in Will Contest Case
On 16 July 1983, a decedent died leaving a will. He was survived by several children, one of whom receives less than his distributive share in the estate under the propounded will. A New York Probate Lawyer said that on 8 September 1983, the probate petition, a will contest proceeding,…
Executor of Will Sued
In a probate proceeding, the petitioner woman appeals from an order of the Surrogate’s Court dated October 16, 2007, as, after a hearing, granted those branches of the motion of the opponent man, which were to disqualify the petitioner from serving as executor for the estate of a woman and…