In re the Estate of Edwards

Petitioner, a New York resident-creditor of a nonresident decedent, requests the issuance of ancillary letters of administration to the Public Administrator pursuant to SCPA 1610 so as to enable him to bring suit on his claim against the decedent. The Florida executors oppose the application claiming: (1) decedent left no property within the State of New York; (2) petitioner has instituted two separate actions against them in Florida upon the same facts alleged in the petition; (3) that by an agreement between petitioner and Edwards & Hanley, a limited brokerage partnership, the latter…