Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Frank M. Gould, Deceased. Helen D. Gould, Appellant; Paul J. Longua et al., as Executors and Trustees under the Will of Frank M. Gould, Deceased, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1947-05-19
Citations: 272 A.D.2d 827
Docket Number: Appeals Nos. 1 and 2
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Frank M. Gould, Deceased. Helen D. Gould, Appellant; Paul J. Longua et al., as Executors and Trustees under the Will of Frank M. Gould, Deceased, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 272
Pages: 827–827

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank M. Gould, Deceased. Helen D. Gould, Appellant; Paul J. Longua et al., as Executors and Trustees under the Will of Frank M. Gould, Deceased, et al., Respondents.
(Appeals Nos. 1 and 2.)

Opinion:
In a proceeding under section 145-a of the Surrogate's Court Act, to determine the validity and effect of an election, under section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law, by the surviving spouse, the appellant herein, to take against the provisions of the will, the decree of the Surrogate's Court, Nassau County, dated November 13, 1946, denying the motion of the executors-respondents for judgment on the pleadings and adjourning the hearing of the motion for the purpose of taking further proof, and the decree dated November 25, 1946, which grants the motion, insofar as appealed from, are unanimously affirmed, with costs to all respondents filing briefs, payable out of the estate. No opinion. Present — Hagarty, Acting P. J., Carswell,- Adel, Nolan and Sneed, JJ. [See post, p. 1019.]