Butler v. Jarvis
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Prescott H. Butler, ancillary administrator, etc., against Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr., committee of the estate of a lunatic. Judgment for plain-1 tiff, and defendant appeals.
1Dissent
Van Brunt, P. J.,
(dissenting.) I cannot agree with Mr. Justice Daniels as to two of the conclusions at which he has arrived in the opinion written by him; namely, that the supreme court had jurisdiction to call to account a servant and officer of the court of common pleas for a trust reposed in him by that court; and, secondly, that the supreme court had power to amend, revise, and correct the judgment of the court of common pleas rendered upon the passing of the accounts of the defendant as committee on the 15th of December, 1874. The ground upon which this jurisdiction is sought to be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In the Matter of BeckwithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- In re ClappNew York Supreme Court · 1861