Legal Opinion

Estate of Valentine

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 15, 1893PublishedCited by 8 opinions

The affairs of this estate were under consideration in this court recently. See case reported in 1 Misc. Rep. 491. On the second of August last, Harriet A. Burtis, a beneficiary under the will of the deceased, filed h petition praying for a-citation requiring Nathaniel B. Valentine to show cause why he should not render a new and further account- as testamentary trustee of his proceedings since filing his former account.

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The affairs of this estate were under consideration in this court recently. See case reported in 1 Misc. Rep. 491. On the second of August last, Harriet A. Burtis, a beneficiary under the will of the deceased, filed h petition praying for a-citation requiring Nathaniel B. Valentine to show cause why he should not render a new and further account- as testamentary trustee of his proceedings since filing his former account. An account was accordingly filed, which showed that the fund, invested for the benefit of Mrs. Burtis was $27,704.52 that the interest received thereon was $1,671, which had…

1Opinion of the Court

Coffin, S.

There was no dispute as to the items of the account filed. The trustee produced as vouchers for the payments made to C. V. Fornes what purported to be an assignment from Mrs. Burtis to Fornes of the interest due to her in April, 1892, from the estate of her father, George B. Valentine, deceased; and the trustee was thereby authorized to pay the said interest to said Fornes, whose receipt therefor should be a sufficient voucher for said trustee. The paper was acknowledged before Pemberton, the attorney for the trustee, on the 27th day of April, 1892, and was prepared by Oppenheim,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tolles v. . WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1885

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of YardNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
  2. Woodbridge v. BockesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  3. In re the Estate of LynchNew York Surrogate's Court · 1934
  4. In re the Estate of OakleyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1921
  5. In re the Accounting of BergmannNew York Surrogate's Court · 1951

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