In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Pierson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Henry R. Pierson, as executor, etc., of Henry R. Pierson, deceased, and another, upon the law and the facts, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Albany, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 19th day of March, 1896, as adjudges that the claims of Edward A. Durant, Gertrude M; Frazer, William Barnes, Jr., and the two claims of Charles Bridge, the claims of Jared P. Smith, Charles Tracey, Matthew W.…
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Appeal by the petitioner, Henry R. Pierson, as executor, etc., of Henry R. Pierson, deceased, and another, upon the law and the facts, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Albany, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 19th day of March, 1896, as adjudges that the claims of Edward A. Durant, Gertrude M; Frazer, William Barnes, Jr., and the two claims of Charles Bridge, the claims of Jared P. Smith, Charles Tracey, Matthew W. Bender, John F. Rathbone, Dewey Brimmer and A. Bleecker Banks, and each of them, or either of them, were-entitled to share…
1Opinion of the Court
Landon, J.:
It appeared before the surrogate' that Henry R. Pierson died January 1, 1890. At the time of his death, and for some years prior thereto, he was the senior member of the firm of Henry R. Pierson & Son, doing business in the city of Albany as bankers and stockbrokers. The firm was insolvent at the time of his death, and his individual estate was also insolvent. His son, Henry R. Pierson, Jr., was the sole surviving member of the firm, and is the executor of his last will and testament. As the surviving member of the firm, on January 16, 1890, he executed an assignment of all the…
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