MATTER OF WELLS


76 Misc.2d 458 (1973)

In the Matter of The Estate of H. Gilmer Wells, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Nassau County.

December 7, 1973


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft for executor, petitioner. Barret Smith Schapiro & Simon for Stephen G. Wells, objectant. Edelman, Berger, Peters & Koschel, P. C., for Nancy S. Wells, objectant. Lipkowitz, Plaut, Salberg & Harris for Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co. and others, respondents.


JOHN D. BENNETT, J.

Pursuant to a decision of this court dated September 13, 1973 (Matter of Wells, N. Y. L. J., Sept. 19, 1973, p. 21, col. 2), the court directed that a hearing be held to determine whether or not the decedent's surviving spouse may take as a legatee under the terms of the decedent's will in spite of the fact that she was convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for recklessly...

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