Legal Opinion

In re Dohrmann's Estate

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 16, 1897Published

Appeal from surrogate’s court, Kings county. Judicial settlement of the accounts of William Mueller and Katie Coops, as administrators of the estate of Henry Dohrmann, deceased. From an order confirming the report of a referee to whom was referred the issues of fact arising on the petition of Katie .Coops for a reopening of the decree settling the administrators’ accounts, said Katie Coops appeals. Affirmed.

1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.

Henry Dohrmann died in Brooklyn, May 20, 1894, intestate, leaving, him surviving, his widow, Katie Dohrmann (now Coops) and three infant children, Henry, Marie, and Rudolph. The first two were children by his first wife, and the last by his wife Katie. At the time of his death he had two accounts in the Brooklyn Savings Bank,—one in his . own name, for $2,447.17; and the other “Henry Dohrmann, in trust for Katie Dohrmann,” amounting to $1,265. On June 4, 1894, letters of administration were issued to William Mueller and Mrs. Dohrmann. On May 13, 1896, the accounts of the administrators were…

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  3. Fowler v. . Bowery Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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  5. Cunningham v. . DavenportNew York Court of Appeals · 1895

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