In re Trask's Estate
New York Surrogate's Court
Petition by the widow of Charles Henry Trask, deceased, to compel an accounting by the Brooklyn Trust Company, as executor of one of the executors of her husband’s estate, and payment to her of money in its possession belonging to such estate.
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Petition by the widow of Charles Henry Trask, deceased, to compel an accounting by the Brooklyn Trust Company, as executor of one of the executors of her husband’s estate, and payment to her of money in its possession belonging to such estate. Cross petition by respondent, that it be permitted to give a voluntary accounting of property in its possession, belonging to such estate, and that the surviving executor and parties interested in Trask’s estate be cited to appear thereto.
1Opinion of the Court
ABNOLD, S.
The widow of the decedent, who is also the sole beneficiary under his will, has filed a petition by which it appears that the two executors named in such will duly qualified; that the whole estate consists of money; that Knapp, one of said executors, who has recently died, retained in his hands the larger part of this monqy, and paid her interest thereon regularly up to a short time before his decease, and that the remainder of such moneys was retained by Chase, the other executor, who still survives, and who has paid her interest thereon; that Knapp left a will, which has been duly…
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- Crawford v. CrawfordNew York Surrogate's Court · 1887
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