In re the Final Accounting of Ammarell
New York Surrogate's Court
Proceedings upon the final accounting of an executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Church, S.
The contestant seeks to surcharge the executor with certain bonds and mortgages, which, it is claimed, were the property of the deceased.
The executor attempts to claim on the other hand, that these "bonds and mortgages had been duly assigned to him, and that therefore, this court has no power to set aside "any such convey*180anee on the ground of fraud, or upon any of the principles under which a court of equity has jurisdiction.
That a Surrogate’s Court does not possess the general powers of a court of equity cannot be questioned, and that it has not jurisdiction to try and determine…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re the Probate of the Will of WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of WatsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re the Estate of GoodwinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920
- In re the Estate of ArcherNew York Surrogate's Court · 1906
- In re DittrichNew York Surrogate's Court · 1907