Legal Opinion

In re the Accounting of Gill

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided January 15, 1904PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Proceedings upon the accounting of an executrix. Objections to account.

1Opinion of the Court

Church, S.

Upon the presentation of the account of the executrix herein for settlement, there is objection to the same.

It is contended in the first place that the account herein is incomplete, in that the executrix should account for the real property belonging to the deceased at the time of his death. I do not think so. Under the will of the deceased, his entire personal property, after the payment of debts, was given to his wife. Under such circumstances, the property passes directly to the devisee, and the executrix has no right to interfere; nor •can an executrix be held accountable for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of MullonNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  2. Mayor of New York v. GormanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Proceedings of PurdyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
  2. In re the Estate of LichtensteinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1896
  3. In re the Estate of SimonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966
  4. In re GillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905

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