Ward v. Ford
New York Surrogate's Court
Motion to confirm auditor’s report on final accounting of testamentary trustees. The accounts referred were those of Henry W. Ford, as trustee under the will of Augustus H. Ward, and of James W. Gr. Clements, as trustee under the same will. The accountings were consolidated.
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Motion to confirm auditor’s report on final accounting of testamentary trustees. The accounts referred were those of Henry W. Ford, as trustee under the will of Augustus H. Ward, and of James W. Gr. Clements, as trustee under the same will. The accountings were consolidated. The auditor reported among other things that the estate held two mortgages, one made by the trustee Clements and his wife to the testator, for §11,000, payable on the 27th September, 1868, on 19 Amity street; the other, a prior mortgage by the same parties on the same premises, for $3,000, payable 1st May, 1852, acquired…
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.—By section 71 of 3 R. S., 101 (6 ed.), it is provided, that on the settlement of the account of an executor or administrator, the Surrogate shall allow to him for his services, and if there be more than one, shall apportion according to the services rendered, over and above his or their expenses, for receiving and payirg out any sum not to exceed $1,000, at five per cent., or any sum exceeding $1,000, and not amounting to $10,000, at two and a half per cent., and for all sums above $10,000, one per cent., together with actual and necessary expenses. If the personal estate…
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