In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Cozine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Howard Cozine from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 16tli day of May, 1904, judicially settling the account of James J. Cozine, as administrator, etc., of Cornelius Cozine, deceased, except that part thereof awarding costs to the appellant to pe paid by the said James J. Cozine, individually.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The principal question raised by this appeal relates to the alleged error of the learned surrogate in permitting the administrator to *183testify to matters in his own behalf, and which involved personal transactions between himself and the intestate. The administrator petitioned the court for a voluntary accounting, and the contestant filed exceptions to the same. James J. Cozine, as administrator, was called to the stand in support of his account, and, after his direct examination, was taken in hand by counsel for the contestant, and a certain bond and mortgage involved in the…
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- In Re the Final Accounting of FrazerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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