Case Name: In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, as a Will of Real and Personal Property. In the Matter of the Petition of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Jr., and Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, as the Executors of and Trustees under the Instrument Dated April 14, 1939, Purporting to Be the Last Will and Testament of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, for Leave to Compromise a Controversy between the Legatees and Devisees under Said Instrument and the Distributees of the Intestate Property of Said Decedent, and for the Approval of a Written Agreement of Compromise Thereto Dated July 29, 1940, and Agreement Supplemental Thereto Dated August 14, 1940, under Section 19 of the Decedent Estate Law. Nana Henrietta Buttles and John C. Gibbons, Appellants; Marvin Dugro Buttles, Jr., and Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, Named as Executors, Trustees, etc., of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, Petitioners, Respondents; Paul Vincent Buttles and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1942-06-01
Citations: 264 A.D. 861
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, as a Will of Real and Personal Property. In the Matter of the Petition of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Jr., and Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, as the Executors of and Trustees under the Instrument Dated April 14, 1939, Purporting to Be the Last Will and Testament of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, for Leave to Compromise a Controversy between the Legatees and Devisees under Said Instrument and the Distributees of the Intestate Property of Said Decedent, and for the Approval of a Written Agreement of Compromise Thereto Dated July 29, 1940, and Agreement Supplemental Thereto Dated August 14, 1940, under Section 19 of the Decedent Estate Law. Nana Henrietta Buttles and John C. Gibbons, Appellants; Marvin Dugro Buttles, Jr., and Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, Named as Executors, Trustees, etc., of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, Petitioners, Respondents; Paul Vincent Buttles and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 264
Pages: 861–861

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, as a Will of Real and Personal Property. In the Matter of the Petition of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Jr., and Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, as the Executors of and Trustees under the Instrument Dated April 14, 1939, Purporting to Be the Last Will and Testament of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, for Leave to Compromise a Controversy between the Legatees and Devisees under Said Instrument and the Distributees of the Intestate Property of Said Decedent, and for the Approval of a Written Agreement of Compromise Thereto Dated July 29, 1940, and Agreement Supplemental Thereto Dated August 14, 1940, under Section 19 of the Decedent Estate Law. Nana Henrietta Buttles and John C. Gibbons, Appellants; Marvin Dugro Buttles, Jr., and Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, Named as Executors, Trustees, etc., of Marvin Dugro Buttles, Deceased, Petitioners, Respondents; Paul Vincent Buttles and Others, Respondents.

Opinion:
Decree of the Surrogate's Court of Nassau County, confirming agreements of compromise in so far as appealed from, unanimously affirmed, with costs to each respondent or group of respondents filing a brief, payable ouc of the estate. No opinion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ.