Scoville v. Post
New York Court of Chancery
Julia Lynch had died intestate in the city of New-York; and letters of administration upon her estate were granted to the public administrator. The bill was -filed by him to recover the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars, which the defendants were charged with having abstracted from the bureau of the intestate.
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Julia Lynch had died intestate in the city of New-York; and letters of administration upon her estate were granted to the public administrator. The bill was -filed by him to recover the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars, which the defendants were charged with having abstracted from the bureau of the intestate. There was also a charge that the defendants rummaged the house of the deceased and took possession of the property therein; carrying away and converting to their own use sundry articles. The defendants denied most of these allegations in the bill, but admitted that they found…
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice-Chancellor:
—There is nothing in this case worth contending for, except the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars in bank bills, which were found in the drawers of the bureau or wardrobe of the deceased Mrs. Lynch, immediately after her death.
This money is claimed by the defendant Catharine Blaw, as her own money, once given and delivered to her by -the intes*205tate, but which she had delivered back “ with a request that it might be retained by the intestate for safe keeping.” This statement in the answer, unaccompanied as it is by any particulars of time, place or circumstances to…
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