In re Burr
New York Supreme Court
This was an application for an order discharging the committee of the person of Burr ; and that the allowance heretofore ordered to be paid to the committee of the person and also to the companion of Burr, be paid by the committee of the estate directly to himself, and permitting him to use or invest the same in loans, &c.; and also ordering the committee of the peiv son to deliver to the committee of the estate his mansion house, and all other property belonging to the…
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This was an application for an order discharging the committee of the person of Burr ; and that the allowance heretofore ordered to be paid to the committee of the person and also to the companion of Burr, be paid by the committee of the estate directly to himself, and permitting him to use or invest the same in loans, &c.; and also ordering the committee of the peiv son to deliver to the committee of the estate his mansion house, and all other property belonging to the petitioner, except what he should elect to have delivered to himself,' and that the committee of 'the estate be allowed to…
1Opinion of the CourtHand, J.
By granting this motion Mr. Burr would have a committee of his estate hut no committee of his person. In this respect I think it a novel application. The appointment of" either committee is predicated upon an inquisition finding the party is a lunatic, or idiot, or of unsound mind; which, at least in this state, may, it seems, be neither lunacy nor idiocy, hut mental incapacity for the government of himself or his affairs. (In re Morgan, 7 Paige, 236. 2 R. S. 62, § 1. In re Wendell, 1 John. Ch. 600. In re Barker, 2 Id. 232. See Cranmer ex parte, 12 Ves. 445; In re Holmes, 4 Russell, 182;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re TaylorNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
- In re MorganNew York Court of Chancery · 1838
- In re LynchNew York Court of Chancery · 1835
- In re BurrNew York Court of Chancery · 1847
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re MorganNew York Supreme Court · 1931