In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Gorden
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Appeal hy Joseph Gorden and others, as executors and trustees under the will of William Gorden, deceased, and others, from portions of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of- the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of January, 1901,' settling the accounts of the executors and trustees under the will of William Gorden, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
William Gorden died on January 21, 1899, leaving a will dated December 30,1898. He left him surviving a widow, Susan Gorden, twelve children and three grandchildren.
Four executors were named in the will, and in February, 1900, they filed a petition praying for the settlement of their accounts. Objections were made to several items of the account, and the surrogate appointed Norman S. Dike, Esq., referee to examine the *389account, to hear and determine all questions arising upon the settlement thereof, which the surrogate had power to determine, and to report thereon to the…
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- Closs v. EldertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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