In re Mtr. of Fleet

1 Citing case

  1. In re the Accounting by Fleet Bank

    2008 N.Y. Slip Op. 2082 (N.Y. 2008)   Cited 12 times

    Matter of Piel, 38 AD3d 1235, reversed. Matter of Piel, 38 AD3d 1238, reversed. Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford ( A. Vincent Buzard, Edward D. Bloom and Gregory J. McDonald of counsel), Wakelin, Hallock O'Donovan, LLP, Portland, Maine ( David S. Wakelin of counsel), and Eugene P. LaBue, Rochester, for appellants. I. The Appellate Division erroneously overruled this Court's decision in Matter of Best ( 66 NY2d 151) by rejecting the single, universal rule of construction that this Court established regarding the rights of adopted-out children to share in class gifts under wills and trusts of biological ancestors.