Rider v. Hulse
New York Supreme Court
PPEAL from a judgment entered at a special term, upon the report of a referee, who had heen directed to state the account of the property of the plaintiff’s intestate which had come to the defendant’s hands.
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PPEAL from a judgment entered at a special term, upon the report of a referee, who had heen directed to state the account of the property of the plaintiff’s intestate which had come to the defendant’s hands. The judgment directed that certain promissory notes, in the hands of the referee, be delivered by the referee to the plaintiff; that the defendant execute and deliver an assignment of said notes to the plaintiff ; and that the plaintiff have judgment against the defendant for $368.92, with interest and costs. The defendant was the administratrix cum testamento annexa of Elizabeth Eider…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Brown, J.
The plaintiff is the administrator, &c. of Elizabeth Eider, appointed by the surrogate of the county of Suffolk, by letters dated the 9th of April, 1858. She died in December, 1856, and at the time of her death, and for many years previous thereto, she was his wife. On the 17th of November, 1856, she made and published her last will and testament in due form of law, and therein gave and bequeathed the notes and choses in action which are the subject of the controversy in this action, together with all her other property, to the defendant, who was her niece. The will was…
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