In Re the Accounting of Watson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 31, 1914, which affirmed a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court judicially settling the accounts of the executors of Mary C. Hoffman, deceased. The controversy raised by the objections is precisely within the provisions of sections 2731 and 2472 of the Code of Civil Procedure in effect prior to September 1, 1914. (Matter of Adams, 51 App.
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Appeal from, an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 31, 1914, which affirmed a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court judicially settling the accounts of the executors of Mary C. Hoffman, deceased. The controversy raised by the objections is precisely within the provisions of sections 2731 and 2472 of the Code of Civil Procedure in effect prior to September 1, 1914. (Matter of Adams, 51 App. Div. 619; Matter of Westerfield, 32 App. Div. 324; Matter of Arkenburgh, 58 App. Div. 583; Matter of Archer, 51 Misc. Rep. 260;…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The question involved in this appeal is whether the surrogate had jurisdiction to determine the issue raised by the objections to the executors’ account interposed by the appellant to the effect that the executors had failed to account for a ruby ring and a pearl necklace which it was alleged belonged to the testatrix at the time of her death. One of the accounting execu tors, a daughter of the testatrix, claimed that the ring and necklace had been given to her by her mother. The surrogate referred the matter to a referee, who reported in favor of the appellant. So much of the report as…
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