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In re the Estate of Gasteyer

268 A.D. 826 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1944-07-03 English

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In the Matter of the Estate of Friederike Gasteyer, Deceased. Frederick Walz, Appellant; Public Administrator of Kings County et al., Respondents.

Appeal by petitioner from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Kings County vacating a prior decree of that court which granted ancillary letters of administration to petitioner, suspending the designation of petitioner to receive ancillary letters pending the duration of the war, and awarding ancillary letters of administration a. t. a. to the Public Administrator of Kings County. Decree unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Public Administrator of Kings County, payable out of the estate. No opinion. Close, P. J., Carswell, Adel and Aldrich, JJ., concur; Hagarty, J., concurs on the ground stated in Matter of Weinmann (post p. 829, decided herewith). [See post, p. 862.]