In re Snyder
New York Supreme Court
Appeal' from an order of tbe Surrogate’s Court of Rensselaer county, adjudging the appellant, an executor, to be in contempt for refusing and neglecting to pay over certain sums of money, as prescribed by a decree made upon the settlement of his accounts as executor, and imposing a fine upon him as a punishment for such contempt, and committing him to the county jail until the same should be paid.
1Opinion of the Court
Fish, J.:
The appellant was executor of Jabez Olmstead, deceased, and, as such, received the moneys and property belonging to the deceased and assumed the general burden of the trust. In due time he was called to account and rendered an account before the Surrogate’s Court; and the Surrogate’s Court, in such proceedings, on the 29th March, 1882, made a decree in which it charged the appellant, as such executor, with divers moneys received by him as such, credited him with divers sums properly paid and expended, and adjudged; that there remained a balance in his hands, for which he was'…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Seaman v. . DuryeaNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- In the Matter of DissoswayNew York Court of Appeals · 1883