Florence v. Sands
New York Surrogate's Court
This was a hearing on exceptions to an auditor’s report on a final accounting. It appeared that by her will the decedent, Elizabeth Sands, bequeathed her stock of goods to one McLoughflin, he to pay the debts of her business, and directed her executor to rent to him her store, with a back room and bedroom, for §800 per annum, so long as he should live, and also to give to him her horse, harness, &c., and to pay to him, monthly, §25, so long as the horse should live, for his…
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This was a hearing on exceptions to an auditor’s report on a final accounting. It appeared that by her will the decedent, Elizabeth Sands, bequeathed her stock of goods to one McLoughflin, he to pay the debts of her business, and directed her executor to rent to him her store, with a back room and bedroom, for §800 per annum, so long as he should live, and also to give to him her horse, harness, &c., and to pay to him, monthly, §25, so long as the horse should live, for his care and keep. She also directed them to pay two clerks $100 each, as presents, and to pay to her brother, William…
1Opinion of the Court
*208The Sheeog-ate.—From the account and the testimony taken before the auditor, it appears that there was not sufficient personal estate, after the sale of the stock of goods, &c., to pay all of the legacies in full, but that •there was considerable rent realized from the store and the apartments above. The executors, out of the personal property and the rents, paid the general legacies, the monthly allowance for the keep of the horse, and the balance they applied towards the monthly allowance to Florence, having, however, a considerable arrear unpaid, in consequence of the executors having paid…
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