Jones v. Hamersley
New York Surrogate's Court
Application by L. W. Hamersley, decedent’s widow, for a grant of letters of temporary administration upon decedent’s estate to George G. Williams, nominated, in the will propounded, as an executor thereof; opposed by Alfred R. Jones, one of the next of kin, and others. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.
The probate of an instrument which has been propounded as the will of this decedent is, upon various grounds, resisted by some of his next of kin. Because the issues thus raised cannot for the present be tried and determined, the widow of decedent petitions the Surrogate to appoint a temporary administrator, and asks that letters be granted to Mr. George G. Williams, who is named by the disputed paper as one of decedent’s executors. It seems to be agreed, by all the parties who have appeared upon this motion, that, pending the probate controversy, the estate needs the care of a…
2Cited by1 opinion
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