Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Dummett
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided July 15, 1902PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Proceedings upon the judicial settlement of the account of an executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Silkman, S
executor has been permitted to resign; his successor has been appointed, and he now comes into court to account for the purpose of being discharged.
This is one of those cases where the testator has selected his son, a young man wholly without experience in the office to fill which his father selected him, and he has succeeded in confusing the accounts of the business of Matthew Dummett & Son, o£ which the executor was a member, having a one-quarter interest,, with the accounts of the estate, to such an extent that they are difficult to .unravel, and the burden of doing this has been…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lent v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Collier v. . MunnNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- In re Hayden's EstateNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- In re Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of HosfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Johnson v. . HartshorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of HearnsNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of PoppAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of FroelichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of ArcherNew York Surrogate's Court · 1912
- In re the Estate of MertensNew York Surrogate's Court · 1902