In re the Estate of Tredwell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Samuel Lenox Tredwell, individually and as trustee, etc., of Seabury Tredwell, deceased, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 13th day of April, 1903, reviving a proceeding for an accounting by the executor of said decedent, which proceeding had abated.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The will of Seabury Tredwell was admitted to probate in the year 1865 and letters testamentary thereunder were duly issued to Effingham H. Nichols. Several accounts were filed by the executor, the last of which was filed June 27, 1895. Objections were interposed thereto and the matter was referred to a referee to hear the proof and report thereon. Several hearings were had, briefs were submitted by the opposing counsel and the case was closed, but Mr. Nichols died before the referee made any report, and for that reason no report has ever been filed. Nichols died testate on the 4th…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pray v. . HegemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Riggs v. . PursellNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Webb v. . BuckelewNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Stokes v. . FooteNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Dutton v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- Barber v. RoweAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922