Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Butts

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided November 15, 1919PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Petition by a surety company to be released from its bond.

1Opinion of the Court

Strong, S.

The surety company on the bond of the administrator has asked to be released from the bond *349as its petition recites "because the administrator has not turned over the assets of the estate to the surety-company as he had agreed to do at the time of obtaining the bond.

That the right to be relieved from a bond is not absolute and that a petition for such relief must be based upon some grounds found reasonable by the presiding judge to whom the application is made has been held by our highest court. It has also been held that the provisions of sections 812, 2579 and 2580 of the Code…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re the Estate of ThurberNew York Court of Appeals · 1900

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of CalcagniniNew York Surrogate's Court · 1942
  2. In re the Estate of SchachneNew York Surrogate's Court · 1939

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