MATTER OF ROBINSON


42 A.D.2d 562 (1973)

In the Matter of The Estate of Fielding S. Robinson, Deceased. Herbert J. Brown, as Trustee, et al., Appellants; Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 28, 1973


The executors' account revealed that certain bonds listed as having a value of $46,507.50 were transferred to decedent's widow during his lifetime as a gift. The proof to support this alleged gift was either hearsay or incompetent under CPLR 4519. A portion of this latter testimony, erroneously received, was proved to be incorrect (at the time of the alleged gift the largest block of bonds had not been issued) and this discrepancy was never explained. The further contention...

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