In re Judicial Accounting of Waite
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by-Willis A. Waite, as executor, etc., of Irena M. Waite, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Jefferson county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on' the 8th day of March, 1898,' settling the accounts of the said Willis A. Waite, as executor, etc., of Irena M. Waite and directing a distribution of the proceeds.
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. Appeal by-Willis A. Waite, as executor, etc., of Irena M. Waite, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Jefferson county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on' the 8th day of March, 1898,' settling the accounts of the said Willis A. Waite, as executor, etc., of Irena M. Waite and directing a distribution of the proceeds. Franklin Waite died March 8, 1875, leaving him surviving his widow, Irena M. Waite, and four sons, Willis A., the appellant, and John R., Austin H., Edward J., and one daughter, Amelia A. Sutton (now- Wardwell). .Franklin left a will and considerable real…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
On the 28th of June, 1897, the referee’s report was presented’ to the' Surrogate’s Court of Jefferson county, and the contestants applied for an order confirming the same, and the executor opposed such confirmation, and also moved to set the report aside. On that occasion exceptions to the referee’s decision and findings, and various requests to the surrogate to find were made, which he declined to receive and pass upon, although he subsequently granted an order confirming the referee’s report. The referee found there was a balance in the hands of the appellant of $6,910.52 to…
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