In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Ryer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by .John B. Byér, as executor, etc., from a. decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in-sáici.'Surrogate's Court - on the 26th day of February, 1907, adjudging him to he guilty of contempt of -court. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Lambert, J.:
John'B. Byer, the appellant, was the executor appointed by the' will of Ellen. A. Wilkinson,, deceased. ■ The will likewise- named Gr. De Witt Clocke and Bolland.B; -Archer as testamentary trustees. The executor, in the discharge of his duties, collected moneys aggregating-about $29,000, and this sum he' reinvested in certain bonds and mortgages, believing that he had the right to make such rein-vestments. Upon the final accounting the decree of the Surrogate’s Court directed that-the executor pay over to the testamentary trustees the sum of $27,435.-67, such trustees-having…
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