Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Paris G. Singer, Deceased. State Tax Commission, Appellant; Francis R. Appleton, Jr., et al., as Trustees Under the Will of Violet E. Singer, Deceased, and as Executors of Paris G. Singer, Deceased, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1963-06-25
Citations: 19 A.D.2d 616
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Paris G. Singer, Deceased. State Tax Commission, Appellant; Francis R. Appleton, Jr., et al., as Trustees Under the Will of Violet E. Singer, Deceased, and as Executors of Paris G. Singer, Deceased, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 616–616

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Paris G. Singer, Deceased. State Tax Commission, Appellant; Francis R. Appleton, Jr., et al., as Trustees Under the Will of Violet E. Singer, Deceased, and as Executors of Paris G. Singer, Deceased, Respondents.

Opinion:
Order entered October 4, 1962, adjudging improper the inclusion in the estate of Paris G. Singer, deceased, a nonresident, of real property located in New York over which he exercised a power of appointment, unanimously modified, on the law, to the extent of striking ihe second decretal paragraph, and, as so modified, affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to respondent. It is not within the jurisdiction of the Surrogate's Court to order the State Tax Commission to refund any part of the tax paid. The remedy is a proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act. (Matter of Shepard, 225 App. Div. 782.) Concur — Breitel, J. P., Rabin, McNally, E'ager and Steuer, JJ.