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SURROGATE’S COURT HAD JURISDICTION TO ISSUE ANCILLARY LETTERS ALLOWING THE NONDOMICILIARY HEIR OF THE OWNER OF A $25 MILLION PAINTING CONFISCATED BY THE NAZIS TO SUE TO RECOVER THE PAINTING.

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Tom, determined Surrogate’s Court had jurisdiction to issue ancillary letters allowing the heir of the owner of a painting confiscated by the Nazis to sue to recover the painting. The International Art Center (IAC), which allegedly has possession of the painting in Switzerland, did not have standing to challenge the ancillary letters. The painting, “Seated Man with a Cane” by Modigliani, may be worth $25 million:

… [A]lthough the authority of the Surrogate’s Court over a nondomiciliary’s estate in an ancillary proceeding is generally limited to estate assets within New York … , property includes a “chose in action,” e.g. a cause of action in New York ,,, .

Accordingly, contrary to IAC’s contention, SCPA 206(1) does not require the physical presence of the subject property in New York at the time the proceeding for ancillary letters was commenced. It is sufficient that the Estate had a valid “chose in action” against two New York domiciliaries (the Nahmads), a New York corporation (the Gallery), and IAC, a foreign entity alleged to be owned and controlled by New York residents and doing business in New York.

In this case, personal jurisdiction [over IAC] was acquired based on IAC’s admitted agreement with Sotheby’s to act as its agent to sell the painting in New York in 2008. Further, personal jurisdiction over IAC may be based on respondents’ allegations that IAC transacted business in New York through the Nahmads at the Gallery’s office in Manhattan. Matter of Stettiner, 2017 NY Slip Op 01168, 1st Dept 2-14-17

 

TRUSTS AND ESTATES (SURROGATE’S COURT HAD JURISDICTON TO ISSUE ANCILLARY LETTERS ALLOWING THE NONDOMICILIARY HEIR OF THE OWNER OF A $25 MILLION PAINTING CONFISCATED BY THE NAZIS TO SUE TO RECOVER THE PAINTING)/ANCILLARY LETTERS (SURROGATE’S COURT HAD JURISDICTON TO ISSUE ANCILLARY LETTERS ALLOWING THE NONNDOMICILIARY HEIR OF THE OWNER OF A $25 MILLION PAINTING CONFISCATED BY THE NAZIS TO SUE TO RECOVER THE PAINTING)/PAINTINGS (SURROGATE’S COURT HAD JURISDICTON TO ISSUE ANCILLARY LETTERS ALLOWING THE NONDOMICILIARY HEIR OF THE OWNER OF A $25 MILLION PAINTING CONFISCATED BY THE NAZIS TO SUE TO RECOVER THE PAINTING)

February 14, 2017/by CurlyHost
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