Caujolle v. Ferrie
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a decision of the surrogate of the county of New York, granting letters of administration to the respondent, John P. Ferrie, upon the estate of Jeanne Du Lux, who died in the city of New York, in November, 1854, intestate. The facts are fully stated in the report of the case before the surrogate, (4 Brad. 28,) as well as in the following opinion of Justice Clebke. They therefore need not be detailed here.
1Opinion of the CourtClerke, J.
This is an appeal from the decision of the surrogate of the county of New York, decreeing that letters of administration issue to John P. Ferrie, as next of kin to Jeanne Du Lux, a widow, who departed this life in November, 1854, intestate.
The personal estate of the decedent, amassed by her while trading in the city of New York, probably exceeded the sum of $100,000; and as none of her kin resided in New York, the surrogate, in the first instance, granted letters of collection on her estate to the public administrator. On the 11th day of December, 1854, Ferrie filed his petition with the…
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