In re Reed
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Frances H. Stoddard, as administratrix, and another, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Warren county, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 9th day of November, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, P. J.:
Most of the questions urged by the appellants have already been decided against them in this case by this court and the Court of Appeals. The proceeding was to sell the real estate *78of the decedent for the payment of his debts. Mrs. Stoddard was the administratrix, and she and her sister were the only heirs at law and next of kin. She is the wife of the appellants’ attorney and the mother of the other appellant. Mrs. Stoddard personally, and as administratrix, and her sister contested upon the hearing the allegations of the petition. A full hearing was had before the surrogate,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chautauqua County Bank v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Matter of ReedNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Matter of ReedNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Reed v. StoddardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- In re StoddardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914