In re Watson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Henry E. 0. Watson, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Westchester, entered in the office of said surrogate on or about the 20th day of February, 1914, dismissing his petition for a compulsory accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
The petitioner moved for an accounting as a creditor, by virtue of ownership by assignment and survivorship of a judgment for $29,020.89, rendered in the Supreme Court and docketed against the respondents in their representative capacities in January, 1891.
The petition averred that no part of said judgment had been paid, and that no leave to issue execution against said *42executors had ever been granted by the surrogate of Westchester county, from whose court had issued the letters testamentary.
The amended answer denying knowledge or information respecting the leave to issue…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In re the Estate of AshheimAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- In Re the Estate of AshheimNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- In re the Estate of MeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Seaman v. ClarkeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Willis v. . SharpNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of BeardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re GatteauNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
- In re the Estate of McEneryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914