In re Lyman's Estate
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from surrogate's court, Yew York" county. Petition by the Stuyvesant Safe-Deposit Company, assignee of De Forrest Fox, as a creditor of the estate of Samuel Lyman, deceased, to compel an * accounting by the administratrix thereof. The said administratrix, Lydia A. Lyman, appeals from an order directing her to render and file her account. For former report, see II Y. Y. Supp. 530.
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence, J.
The Stuyvesant Safe-Deposit Company alleges in its petition that the estate of the deceased is indebted to it on two certain judgments, recovered in the court of common pleas of the city and county of Yew York by one De Forrest Fox against the said Samuel Lyman in his life-time, and that the petitioner is the owner and holder of said judgments by virtue of assignments thereof duly made by said Fox to said petitioner, and is a creditor of said deceased. The answer to the petition is that the administratrix, more ■ than six months after letters of administration had been granted herein, under…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McNulty v. . HurdNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Stilwell v. . CarpenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
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