Butler v. Jarvis
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Prescott H. Butler, ancillary administrator, etc., against Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr., committee of the estate of a lunatic. Judgment for plain-1 tiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The action has been brought by the plaintiff as the ancillary administrator of the .goods, chattels, and credits which were of Bomanjee Byramjee Colah, deceased. He died at Bombay, on the 18th -of January, 1882. The defendant was appointed the committee of his estate by the court of common pleas of the city of New York, in the year 1870; and in support of the *139appeal it has been objected that the proceeding for the settlement of the defendant’s accounts and the delivery of the estate over to the plaintiff should have been taken in the court of common pleas, in which the appointment was made. A…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- King v. . TalbotNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- O'Brien v. . YoungNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- In Re the Several Accountings of the Executors of TildenNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Matter of Petition of ButlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
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