HUDSON CITY SAV. v. DROSSOS


108 A.D.2d 410 (1985)

Hudson City Savings Institution, Plaintiff, v. Patricia A. Drossos, Individually and as Administratrix of The Estate of Andrew Drossos, Also Known as Andreas D. Drossos, Deceased, et al., Defendants; Charles A. Hahn et al., Respondents; United States of America, Appellant

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

May 23, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Assistant Attorney-General (William S. Estabrook, Michael L. Paup and Farley P. Katz of counsel), and George H. Lowe, United States Attorney, for appellant.

Angelos Peter Romas for respondents.

MAHONEY, P. J., KANE, CASEY and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


WEISS, J.

The sole issue in this case is whether an estate tax lien, arising upon a decedent's death in favor of the United States of America, extends to the full value of property owned by decedent and his spouse as tenants by the entirety or is limited to decedent's individual one-half interest.

The facts are not complicated. Decedent, Andrew Drossos, and his wife, Patricia Ann Drossos, owned real property as tenants by the entirety subject...

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