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In re the Estate of Rehfuss

171 A.D.2d 1022 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1991-03-08 English

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In the Matter of the Estate of Heinz Rehfuss, Deceased. Philip S. Gellman, as Coexecutor of Heinz Rehfuss, Deceased, Appellant; Carlo Pinto, as Coexecutor of Heinz Rehfuss, Deceased, Respondent.

-Order unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: The Surrogate properly upheld the decedent’s choice of trustee, and did not err in refusing to appoint a cotrustee (SCPA 1502 [2]). (Appeal from Order of Erie County Surrogate’s Court, Mattina, S. — Will Construction.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Denman, Pine, Balio and Law-ton, JJ.