In re the Estate of Ferrigan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Jennie Tinney from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 13th day of April, 1898, vacating her appointment as administratrix of the estate of Rose Ferrigan, deceased, and also from' an • order' of the Surrogate’s Court, entered in that court on the 2d day of May, 1898, modifying an order of reference previously made in a proceeding for the judicial settlement of the accounts of John Flynn and Jennie…
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Appeal by Jennie Tinney from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 13th day of April, 1898, vacating her appointment as administratrix of the estate of Rose Ferrigan, deceased, and also from' an • order' of the Surrogate’s Court, entered in that court on the 2d day of May, 1898, modifying an order of reference previously made in a proceeding for the judicial settlement of the accounts of John Flynn and Jennie Tinney, as administrators, etc., of Rose Ferrigan, deceased, and allowing, said John Flynn to file objections to said…
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
Letters of administration' upon this estate were issued to the appellant, Jennie Tinney, and to the respondent, John Flynn, by the . surrogate of the city and county of New York, the deceased having died intestate. John Flynn was a non-resident, living in the State of Rhode Island, and seems to have been an ignorant and illiterate man, without knowledge of proceedings of this character. He claimed to be the first cousin of the; deceased and one of her next of kin. After the death of the deceased, Flynn called upon Mr. Bernard J. Tinney, an attorney at law, to represent him in the…
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