Brown v. Robinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, George Hyatt Robinson and. others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of November, 1914, upon the report of a referee in an action for an accounting. Appellants also appeal from the report of the referee dated the 8th day of December, 1913, and from his amended report dated the 28th day of September, 1914.
1Opinion of the Court
Clahke, P. J.:
This is an action brought by the plaintiff as substituted testamentary trustee under the will of Agnes Hyatt Robinson, deceased, which on the 11th day of April, 1902, was duly admitted to probate by the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York. There is but one matter which we think necessary to consider on this appeal, the transactions between Robinson and the Eagle Insurance Company. The complaint alleges that the testatrix died possessed of certain personal property to the value of over $200,000, and seized and possessed of certain real property ; that under the provisions…
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- Wetzlar v. WoodAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
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