In re the Compulsory Accounting of Downs

Proceeding in the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond county to procure a decree that Grace Irene Downs, prior to the death of her son, Henry Clifford Downs, who died intestate, abandoned him within the meaning of Decedent Estate Law, section 133, subdivision 3, and, therefore, is not entitled to share with his father in damages recovered for the intestate’s accidental death. Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond county adjudging that Grace Irene Downs abandoned the intestate and dismissing her claim reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, payable out of the estate, to appellant, and…