Second National Bank v. Blauvelt

The Vice-Ordinary.

Two questions of law are raised by the appeal in this case. The facts are few and undisputed. Jeremiah Counsellor died intestate in March, 1887, possessed of a small personal estate, consisting principally of money, which on his death, became due on a policy of insurance on his life. He owned no land. His estate was insolvent, and was so declared. After the payment of the expenses of administration, funeral charges, and the physician’s bill during the intestate’s last sickness, the surplus remaining in the hands of the administrator, for distribution among *175creditors was less…