In Re the Estate of Meyer

An ancillary executor being named in this State, what might be the rights of a non-resident creditor of the estate, should the surrogate elect to adjudicate as to the claims of residents we do not attempt to consider. That the surrogate may entertain and direct the payment of his claim we are clear (Surrogate’s Court Act, sec. 165). Equally clear is it that the surrogate may refuse to pass upon all claims, whether of residents . or non-residents. The local assets must then be remitted to the foreign executor to be administered and distributed by him. That the surrogate has done here. No…