In re Hazard's Estate
New York Supreme Court
. Appeal from surrogate’s court, New York county. Petition by the American Surety Company of New York for distribution to a number of claimants of the surplus money arising from the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate of Sarah Lawrence Hazard, deceased. From the decree entered, petitioner appeals.
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. Appeal from surrogate’s court, New York county. Petition by the American Surety Company of New York for distribution to a number of claimants of the surplus money arising from the foreclosure of mortgages on real estate of Sarah Lawrence Hazard, deceased. From the decree entered, petitioner appeals. All the claimants are judgment creditors of Rowland N. Hazard, the sole •devisee of Sarah L. Hazard, his wife, who died July 21, 1890, seised of the real estate upon the foreclosure of which the surplus money arose. $15,346.56 of the surplus money arose upon a foreclosure in the supreme court of…
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ¡BRUNT, P. J.
We might affirm the decree appealed from upon the opinion of Surrogate Ransom in the court below, were it not for the fact that in such opinion he seems to lay too much stress upon adjudications in other states. Such adjudications can throw very little, if any, light upon the construction of our statutes, as there is almost always some variation in language which may very well change the rule of interpretation. When we consider the language of our statute, we fail to see where there is any provision for, or any evidence of an intention to provide for, a priority of liens of…
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