MATTER OF ROUGERON


17 N.Y.2d 264 (1966)

In the Matter of The Estate of Marcel J. Rougeron, Deceased. Jules J. Rougeron, Appellant; Jeanne A. Rougeron, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip W. Amram, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted on motion pro hac vice, for appellant.

Bud G. Holman, Francis S. Bensel, Leonard A. Blue and Robert Ehrenbard for respondent.

Judges FULD, BURKE and BERGAN concur with Chief Judge DESMOND; Judge VAN VOORHIS dissents in an opinion in which Judges SCILEPPI and KEATING concur.


Chief Judge DESMOND.

Petitioner-appellant, born in France in 1903 and a life-long citizen and resident of that country, was an acknowledged illegitimate son of Marcel J. Rougeron, a native of France born in 1875 who became an American citizen in 1926 and who died in Switzerland on April 15, 1954, leaving a will which gave his entire estate to his widow, the respondent herein, who was of French birth and whom...

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