Forbell v. Denton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by David S. Van Wicklen and others from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 16th day of April, 1900, denying the motion made on their behalf as heirs at law of the late Jacob Lott Van Wicklen, deceased, to open the judgment entered in this action settling the account of George IT.
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Appeal by David S. Van Wicklen and others from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 16th day of April, 1900, denying the motion made on their behalf as heirs at law of the late Jacob Lott Van Wicklen, deceased, to open the judgment entered in this action settling the account of George IT. Forbell as committee of William P. Forbell, an incompetent person, on the ground that the same was unauthorized and improperly and erroneously granted, and that they as such heirs at law and next of kin of…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff, George IT. Forbell, was the committee of a lunatic named William P. Forbell. The lunatic is now dead, and the defendants (one of whom is the plaintiff) were duly appointed as administrators, but George IT. Forbell has since been removed. While both of them were administrators, this action was brought by the committee, said George IT. Forbell, against himself and the other defendant as such administrators to settle his accounts as such committee. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendants as administrators, against the plaintiff, for $9,874.76, the amount found…
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- Gottsberger v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Kent v. WestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Jewett v. CraneNew York Supreme Court · 1861
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