Legal Opinion
In re the Accounting of Yocom
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided February 5, 1948PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Griffiths, S.
In this combined proceeding for leave to compromise a claim for wrongful death and for an accounting, there is presented the question as to what portion, if any, of the proceeds of said compromise is payable to the estate of the deceased father of decedent.
The decedent met his death on July 15, 1943, while in the employ of the New York Central Railroad, when he was struck by a train operated by the trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. At the time of his death decedent was not more than seventeen years of age, and was survived by a father and mother who…
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