In re Cowdrey

The Surrogate.

The petitioner alleges herself to be a creditor of this testator, and asks for an order directing his executrix to render an account and to pay her claim against this estate, amounting, with in*454terest, to over $10,000. She avers in her petition that she caused this claim to be presented to the executrix for payment on December 2d, 1885, and that the executrix did not dispute the same, but, on the contrary, admitted it. The respondent protests, by a duly verified answer, that she made no such admission, insists that the claim is invalid and illegal, and makes certain statements…