Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Victoria O'Brien, Deceased (Otherwise Known as Victoria Deas)
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-03-22
Citations: 147 Misc. 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Victoria O’Brien, Deceased (Otherwise Known as Victoria Deas).
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 147
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Victoria O’Brien, Deceased (Otherwise Known as Victoria Deas).
Surrogate’s Court, New York County,
March 22, 1933.
Harold J. Baily, for the petitioner.
Charlotte H. Bolton [David M. Freedman of counsel], for the respondent.

Opinion:
Delehanty, S.
This is an application by the father of the above-named intestate to revoke letters of administration heretofore issued by this court to Ernest Deas upon a petition wherein the latter represented himself as husband of the intestate. Sufficient proof was presented by the respondent to establish the fact of marriage between him and the deceased. The only item of evidence tending in any degree to negative the fact of marriage was the continued use by the intestate of the name O'Brien in the receipt of compensation payments arising out of the death of her first husband. This fact does not overbear the' substantial proof that the intestate and the respondent lived together under such circumstances as create a presumption that they were married (Gall v. Gall, 114 N. Y. 109, at p. 117; Hynes v. McDermott, 91 id. 451; Matter of Erlanger, 145 Misc. 1.)
Application denied.