Case Name: In the Matter of the Accounting of Ben H. Brown, as Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Ike Menschefrend, Deceased, Appellant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1960-12-01
Citations: 8 N.Y.2d 1156
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Accounting of Ben H. Brown, as Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Ike Menschefrend, Deceased, Appellant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 1156–1156

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Accounting of Ben H. Brown, as Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Ike Menschefrend, Deceased, Appellant. Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent.
Submitted November 28, 1960;
decided December 1, 1960.

Opinion:
Motion to amend remittitur granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: There were presented and necessarily passed upon questions under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Whether paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 600 of the Abandoned Property Law and section 272 of the Surrogate's Court Act and the Appellate Division order and the decree entered thereon are void and unconstitutional, as denying due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment, in that they compel delivery to the Comptroller of the State of New York of legacies of the unknown persons by estate representatives and by appellant without any requirement of notice. The Court of Appeals held that there was no violation of appellant's constitutional rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. [See 8 N Y 2d 1093.]