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In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Grant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 4, 1909PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by Frederic Grant, individually and as administrator, etc., and by the American Surety Company of Mew York from part and by Thomas H. O’Connor from the whole of a decree* of the Surrogate’s Court of Mew York county, entered in* said ¡Surrogate’s Court on the 9th day of October, 1908,

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J. :

The question presented for decision on this appeal is whether the learned .surrogate Was right in surcharging" the account of thei temporary administrator'with $18,000 and interest thereon from the 11th day of May, 1895, as the amount received, or that should have been received, by him on the transfer to Charles F. Grant of. a seat in the Mew York Stock Exchange, which stood'in the name of the decedent. One of the contentions of the appellants is that the seat did not belong to the decedent, but was owned by a firm of. which lie was a member,, and that, therefore, the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re the Appraisal, Under the Transfer Tax Act, of the Estate of HellmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Wrede v. GilleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  4. In Re the Accounting of WatsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  5. Nicholas v. . LordNew York Court of Appeals · 1908

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. New York Ex Rel. Whitney v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  2. In re the Estate of PinneyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
  3. In re SnowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  4. In re GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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