Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Marian Bobula, Also Known as Maryann Bobula, Deceased; In the Matter of the Estate of John Bobula, Deceased. Claire McGann, as Executrix of Marian Bobula, Also Known as Maryann Bobula, Deceased, Respondent; Louis J. Pikul, as Executor of John Bobula, Deceased, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1967-04-13
Citations: 19 N.Y.2d 818
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Marian Bobula, Also Known as Maryann Bobula, Deceased. In the Matter of the Estate of John Bobula, Deceased. Claire McGann, as Executrix of Marian Bobula, Also Known as Maryann Bobula, Deceased, Respondent; Louis J. Pikul, as Executor of John Bobula, Deceased, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 818–821

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Marian Bobula, Also Known as Maryann Bobula, Deceased. In the Matter of the Estate of John Bobula, Deceased. Claire McGann, as Executrix of Marian Bobula, Also Known as Maryann Bobula, Deceased, Respondent; Louis J. Pikul, as Executor of John Bobula, Deceased, Appellant.
Argued February 13, 1967;
decided April 13, 1967.
J ohn J. Olszewski for appellant.
Jacob Jacobson for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed, with costs to abide the event, and matter remanded to the Surrogate's Court, Brie County, to determine whether the killing herein occurred under circumstances which would exculpate the killer from criminal liability, e.g., if he were insane. If it be determined that he was legally insane and there could have been no successful prosecution of John Bobula had he lived, then the property should be distributed as originally provided for by the Surrogate.
Concur: Judges Van Voorhis, Scileppi, Bergan and Keating. Judge Burke dissents and votes to affirm in the following opinion in which Chief Judge Fulo and Judge Breitel concur.