MATTER OF BAKER


48 Misc.2d 732 (1965)

In the Matter of The Estate of Bennie Baker, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

December 10, 1965


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Morgenthau, United States Attorney (Edward L. Smith of counsel), for claimant. Joseph T. Arenson for Public Administrator. Sidney J. Guran for Phyllis Smith. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General, for State of New York. Abraham Broido, special guardian.


JOSEPH A. COX, S.

The decedent married Lewis S. Baker in 1923. Her husband died in 1936. In 1941 the decedent applied to the Veterans' Administration for pension benefits as the widow of a World War I veteran. In connection with such application the decedent acknowledged that she had contracted a purported civil marriage with one Leshley on June 15, 1934 but the decedent represented that such relationship had...

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