Keegan v. Smith
City of New York Municipal Court
Actions by James Keegan and others against John Smith and others and by Dennis McMahon and others against the same defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN WVCK, O. J.
These two actions were tried by consent upon the same proof, by the court, without a jury, and Smith alone appeared and defended. He is sued as a surety on the official bond of Michael Keegan, who was in February, 1893, appointed administrator of the estate of his sister Jane, who died unmarried in the previous month. Another of her brothers, James Keegan, under section 2727, Code, petitioned the surrogate to issue a citation to the administrator, who had failed to file an account, although more than 18 months had elapsed since his appointment, to show cause why he should not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Baucus v. . StoverNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Baucus v. . BarrNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Browning v. VanderhovenNew York Supreme Court · 1875
- Schlegel v. WinckelNew York Surrogate's Court · 1883
3Cited by5 opinions
- Howell v. AndersonNebraska Supreme Court · 1902
- Sanders v. DodgeMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Keegan v. SmithCity of New York Municipal Court · 1896
- Keegan v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- McMahon v. SmithCity of New York Municipal Court · 1896