In re the Estate of Was
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Henderson, S.
This is an application by the Consul General of Hungary on behalf of one Alexander Toth, a citizen and resident of Hungary, to reopen a decree made on a final accounting of the administratrix of the estate of the decedent herein, and to direct the payment of a one-third distributive share of the estate to the petitioner.
Eleanore A. Petersen was appointed administratrix of the estate of Julia Was in 1926. Her petition for letters of administration set forth that she was a daughter of the decedent and that the other heirs at law and next of kin were two other daughters, Mary Hise…
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