In re the Appraisal of the Property of Edgerton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by John R. Honeywell, the county treasurer of the county of Delaware, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the. county of Delaware, bearing date the 8th day of November, 1897,, and entered in said Surrogate’s Court, determining the value of the estate of Erastus S. Edgerton subject to taxation under the act in relation to taxable transfers of property, and fixing the amount of the tax.
1Opinion of the Court
Mebwin, J.:
On the 15th of April, 1893, Erastus S. Edgerton, a resident of this State, died intestate at Franklin, in the county of Delaware. He left a widow and two sisters and a nephew and two nieces, the children of a deceased brother, as his only heirs and next of kin. -He had been doing business in the State of Minnesota and some of •his property was there and -letters of administration upon his estate *126were there taken out by his brother-in-law, Delos A. Monfort. Ho administration has been granted in this State. On or about the 31st of March, 1888, he made transfers of the greater portion…
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