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Reilly v. Wygant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 1960
11 A.D.2d 647 (N.Y. App. Div. 1960)

Summary

dismissing claim on contract to bequeath property without prejudice to relief in the Surrogate's Court "in a proceeding in which plaintiff was cited as a party"

Summary of this case from Celentano v. Furer

Opinion

June 7, 1960


Order unanimously reversed on the law and in the exercise of discretion, with $20 costs and disbursements to appellants, and the motion to dismiss the complaint is granted to the extent of declining to entertain jurisdiction, without prejudice to relief in the Surrogate's Court of Orange County in an appropriate proceeding. Undoubtedly, the Supreme Court has jurisdiction of this action brought by the brother of the decedent to enforce a contract allegedly made with decedent, during her lifetime, wherein the decedent is claimed to have promised to leave all of her property to plaintiff. ( Tutunjian v. Vetzigian, 299 N.Y. 315; Olsen v. Olsen, 189 Misc. 1046; Crempa v. Oakley, 9 Misc.2d 583.) However, under the circumstances of this case the appropriate tribunal to determine plaintiff's claim is the Surrogate's Court which has concurrent jurisdiction in a suitable proceeding there. (Surrogate's Ct. Act, § 40; 1 Warren's Heaton, Surrogates' Courts [6th ed.], pp. 198-199, 212-213; see, also, Matter of Venblow, 2 A.D.2d 365.) The will was probated in the Surrogate's Court of Orange County in a proceeding in which plaintiff was cited as a party. The estate consists of two parcels of real property located in Orange County. Complete relief can be obtained by plaintiff in an accounting proceeding in the Surrogate's Court of Orange County. Hence, a proper exercise of discretion dictated a decline of jurisdiction in this case.

Concur — Botein, P.J., Rabin, Valente, Stevens and Noonan, JJ.


Summaries of

Reilly v. Wygant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Jun 7, 1960
11 A.D.2d 647 (N.Y. App. Div. 1960)

dismissing claim on contract to bequeath property without prejudice to relief in the Surrogate's Court "in a proceeding in which plaintiff was cited as a party"

Summary of this case from Celentano v. Furer
Case details for

Reilly v. Wygant

Case Details

Full title:JOHN REILLY, Respondent, v. CHARLES K. WYGANT et al., as Executors of…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Jun 7, 1960

Citations

11 A.D.2d 647 (N.Y. App. Div. 1960)

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