In Re the Accounting of Williams
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from- an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 18, 1912, which reversed a decree of the Monroe County Surrogate’s Court passing the accounts of Alice D. Williams et al., as executors of .William Williams, deceased.
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Appeal, by permission, from- an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 18, 1912, which reversed a decree of the Monroe County Surrogate’s Court passing the accounts of Alice D. Williams et al., as executors of .William Williams, deceased. The order of the Appellate Division granting leave to ' appeal to this court certifies that in its opinion the following questions of law are involved which ought to be reviewed in this court, viz.: 1. Was the South Dakota decree merged in or superseded by the judgment recovered in this state on…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The testator died September 14, 1904. This is a proceeding brought in the Surrogate’s Court for a final judicial settlement of the accounts of the executors of the last will and testament of the testator. The respondent in 1892 was the wife of the testator. In that year, in a contested action in the Circuit Court in the state of South Dakota, she recovered a judgment of absolute divorce against him, and in the judgment was awarded for alimony and costs $32,104.98. In 1894 in a contested action upon said judgment in this state, in which action the issues involved in said action in South Dakota…
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