In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Arrowsmith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Vasco P. Abbott, as assignee, etc., from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York, entered in the office of said surrogate on the 30th day of October, 1913, judicially settling the account of William Arrowsmith, as executor of the last will and testament of Penelope McOrea, deceased, and construing said will and directing the distribution of the estate in accordance with the will as so construed.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The decree from which this appeal is taken was entered upon the report of a referee whose conclusions were adopted by the surrogate. No question is raised as to the accounts of the executor, the only contest being as to the proper disposition to be made of the residuary estate of the testatrix.
Penelope McCrea, an elderly maiden lady, died on February 25, 1908, leaving a will dated March 18, 1907, at which time the testatrix was about eighty-four years of age. She left as her sole heir and next of kin Mrs. Louise Terry Cruse, a niece, and Augustine L. McCrea, a nephew. After specific…
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- In Re the Accounting of DurandNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
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