MATTER OF FIELD


11 Misc.2d 427 (1958)

In the Matter of The Estate of Marshall Field, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County.

April 3, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for petitioners.

LeRoy Campbell for Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital of Chicago, claimant.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine for University of Chicago, claimant.


EDGAR F. HAZLETON, S.

The executors of the late Marshall Field have petitioned for instructions as to whether two claims made against the estate, based upon alleged oral charitable subscriptions given to the claimants by the decedent during his lifetime, are enforcible against the estate.

Although the executors formally have rejected these claims, they have not taken the position that they are unenforcible...

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