In re the Appointment of a Committee of the Person & Property of Roe

There can be little doubt that the venue of this inCompetency proceeding was improperly laid. While the petition alleges that the incompetent was a resident of New York County, the proof establishes conclusively that he was not. The incompetent, a man of advanced years and great wealth, has residences in Patchogue, Suffolk County, and Florida. He divided his time between them until he suffered a cerebral accident, from which time he has resided continuously in Patchogue. In past years he spent time between his sojourns at his two homes in the Hotel Pierre, a practice which he discontinued at…