Legal Opinion
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Pratt de Gasquet James
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1927PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
On November 3, 1917, a decree was made by the Surrogate’s Court of Ulster county in which Elizabeth Pratt de Gasquet James, as ancillary executrix, was directed to pay certain specified sums to the legatees of her deceased husband. The appellants were legatees entitled to receive the sum of $65,133.25 each. Judgments for these amounts were entered in the Ulster county clerk’s office. (See Surrogate’s Court Act, § 81.) It is unnecessary to recite the facts upon which this decree was based. They have been heretofore fully stated. (Matter of James, 172 App. Div. 800; 221 N. Y. 242.)
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