Harrison v. . Clark
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the G-eneral Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department) entered upon an order made December 17, 1880, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought upon an administrator’s bond. In August, 1870, one Halph Dawson was appointed by the surrogate of the county of New York, administrator, with the will annexed, of Edward Harrison, deceased, and letters were issued to him.
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Appeal from judgment of the G-eneral Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department) entered upon an order made December 17, 1880, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought upon an administrator’s bond. In August, 1870, one Halph Dawson was appointed by the surrogate of the county of New York, administrator, with the will annexed, of Edward Harrison, deceased, and letters were issued to him. The defendants became his sureties. In February, 1878, Andrew Harrison, one of the legatees, . filed his petition with the surrogate,…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Ch. J.
The decision of the surrogate of the city and county of New York, made on the 17th day of July, 1878, upon the petition of the plaintiffs, as administrators with the will annexed, of the estate of Edward Harrison, deceased, adjudging that Dawson, the former administrator, was charge able, as such administrator, with the sum of $4,133.57, and directing bfm to pay over said sum to the plaintiffs as his successors,- if valid as to Dawson, was valid also as to the defendants, his sureties on the administration bond, executed on his appointment. The sureties are bound, because by…
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