Voëssing v. Voëssing
New York Surrogate's Court
Application for the settlement of guardian’s accounts. Ignatius Voéssing died in November, 1870, leaving Ms widow, Clementina, and the minor, born in October, 1869, surviving, and also leaving an alleged last will and testament, in which said widow, Anthony J. Brandlaeht, and John E. Benning, were named as executors.
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Application for the settlement of guardian’s accounts. Ignatius Voéssing died in November, 1870, leaving Ms widow, Clementina, and the minor, born in October, 1869, surviving, and also leaving an alleged last will and testament, in which said widow, Anthony J. Brandlaeht, and John E. Benning, were named as executors. On the will being admitted to probate, Brandlaeht qualified, and the widow was refused letters, on opposition made, for the reason that she could not. read and write the English language. The other executor, Benning, was removed for cause. The executor Brandlaeht never filed an…
1Opinion of the Court
The Surrogate.—The estate of Ignatius Yoessing seems to have occupied much of the attention of various courts for the past ten years. A feeling of hostility appears to have existed during all this period, and which is not yet extinct, between the widow and her step-sons, Henry F. and Enoch J, Yoessing, to which the litigation is largely due. While the courts may reprehend the manifestation of such feeling among those whose family *364relations render it discreditable to all concerned,' yet they cannot escape pronouncing judgment upon such questions as may be presented for consideration, in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In re BostwickNew York Court of Chancery · 1819
- Wilkes v. RogersNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- In re KaneNew York Court of Chancery · 1847
- People ex rel. Brooklyn Industrial School & Home for Destitute Children v. KearneyNew York Supreme Court · 1860
3Cited by16 opinions
- Accounting of Otis v. HallNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In re the Estate of TaylorNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of LapidesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re PolinskyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1962
- In re BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1913
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