Legal Opinion
MacKennan v. American Casualty Co. of Reading, Pennsylvania
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 14, 1991PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In an action to recover on the surety bond of the late Edith M. Reardon as conservator for Helen H. MacKennan, the plaintiff appeals from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (King, J.), dated June 6, 1989, as directed the defendant to pay $11,800 plus costs and disbursements to the estate of Helen H. MacKennan.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the plaintiff’s contention, the Supreme Court properly directed the defendant surety to repay only those *710funds misappropriated from the conservatee’s estate by…
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