MATTER OF VALE


291 A.D.2d 353 (2002)

739 N.Y.S.2d 21

In the Matter of the Estate of PEARL VALE, Deceased. ETHEL J. GRIFFIN, as Administratrix of the Estate of PEARL VALE, Deceased, Respondent; ANTHONY Q. VALE et al., Appellants.

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

Decided February 28, 2002.


There are no material issues of fact as to whether petitioner acted prudently in approving the sale of the decedent's cooperative apartment in July 1997 for $775,000, all cash. Before selling the apartment, petitioner knew of an appraisal that was done by a large bank on behalf of the decedent in 1995 shortly before her death valuing the apartment at $750,000; knew of two separate affidavits filed in Surrogate's Court in prior proceedings, one by the decedent's daughter,...

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