Case Name: In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Rose Vogel, Also Known as Rose Bassman, Also Known as Rose Bassman Vogel, Deceased. David Vogel, Appellant; Anna Bassman and Jacob M. Silvey, Executors Named in the Last Will and Testament of Rose Vogel, Deceased, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1937-05-21
Citations: 251 A.D. 741
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Rose Vogel, Also Known as Rose Bassman, Also Known as Rose Bassman Vogel, Deceased. David Vogel, Appellant; Anna Bassman and Jacob M. Silvey, Executors Named in the Last Will and Testament of Rose Vogel, Deceased, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 251
Pages: 741–741

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Probate of the Last Will and Testament of Rose Vogel, Also Known as Rose Bassman, Also Known as Rose Bassman Vogel, Deceased. David Vogel, Appellant; Anna Bassman and Jacob M. Silvey, Executors Named in the Last Will and Testament of Rose Vogel, Deceased, Respondents.

Opinion:
—Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate's Court of Kings county denying the petitioner, husband of the decedent, the right of election under section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law, and also denying his right to a setoff of exempt personal property pursuant to section 200 of the Surrogate's Court Act. Decree unanimously affirmed, with costs to respondents, payable by appellant personally. The burden of establishing that the husband abandoned the deceased wife was upon the executors who alleged that fact. (Matter of Green, 155 Misc. 641; affd., 246 App. Div. 583.) They amply sustained that burden without recourse being had to the certificate of conviction of the husband in the Domestic Relations Court (Family Court) of the City of New York, County of Kings. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Davis, Johnston and Taylor, JJ.