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MATTER OF FIELD

15 Misc.2d 950 (1959)

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

Surrogate's Court, Suffolk County.

January 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly & Hamilton for petitioner.

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

EDGAR F. HAZLETON, S.

This proceeding is brought by the New School for Social Research to compel payment by decedent's executors of the sum of $126,044.68, the unpaid balance of an alleged charitable subscription made by decedent during his lifetime.

It appears from the proof that the decedent made an oral pledge on or about June 3, 1953, of the sum of $125,000 during a building drive conducted by petitioner...

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