In re Estate of Hodgman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Charles L. Hodgman and others, claiming to be residuary legatees under the last will and testament of Frederick D. Hodgman, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of "Washington, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 30th day of December, 1895, in a proceeding for an accounting of the executors of the last will and testament of Frederick D. Hodgman, deceased, and also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 21st day of…
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Appeal by Charles L. Hodgman and others, claiming to be residuary legatees under the last will and testament of Frederick D. Hodgman, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of "Washington, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 30th day of December, 1895, in a proceeding for an accounting of the executors of the last will and testament of Frederick D. Hodgman, deceased, and also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 21st day of Rovember, 1895, denying an application made by the appellants for a commission to take the testimony of certain foreign…
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J:
We think that the surrogate did not err in holding that Mary E. Yates was not a party to the proceeding then pending beftire him, and in refusing her application to file a supplemental account. She was not one of the petitioners, nor was she named in the petition. *347The prayer of the petition was that the respondent Wing, as executor of Philander 0. Hitchcock, a deceased executor, and Alfred C. Hodgman, as executor of said Frederick D. Hodgman, deceased, show cause why the decree should not be opened, and why the petitioners’ default in tiling objections to the account filed in behalf…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In re the Estate of WagnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Jaffray v. . DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Coon v. . KnapNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Executors of HodgmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- In Re the Accounting of PruynNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Blair v. CargillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Yates v. WingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- In re the Accounting of LuckenbachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of the United States Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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