Palmer v. Ward
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, George W. Palmer and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in' favor of the defendants, Henrietta Ward and Mary E. Neill, as administratrix, etc., of John M. Ward, deceased, entered in the office of the clerk of the, county of Kings on the 25th day of October, 1902-, upon the decision of the-court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The two plaintiffs are sureties on the official bonds of two administrators. The three defendants are the two persons, Henrietta Ward and William A. Cloutier, who were such administrators, and their successor. The suit arises out of a misappropriation and conversion of the funds of the .estáte by the defendant Cloutier,, one of. the former administrators, who seems to have fled the State-before this suit was begun. The prayer asks that an accounting be ordered between the parties so as to ascertain the amount of the' intestate’s estate; that the distributive, share of two of the…
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