Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Wax
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 29, 1933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
This is an application to punish an administratrix for contempt for failure to make a payment directed by the decree settling her accounts. This decree charged the accountant with the sum of $4,493.85, directed that she retain $184.85 for her commissions and pay $794.50 to the special guardian, $53.10 to a stenographer, $350 to the referee, $1,037.14 to the general guardian of her infant child, $1,037.13 to an adult son, and a like sum to herself.
The order to show cause is based on the failure to pay the $350 sum awarded to the referee. The affidavit upon which it is based shows…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- In re the Estate of McCaffertyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1933
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of SnyderNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Hathaway v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Thompson v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In Re Clift's EstateUtah Supreme Court · 1945
- In re the Estate of GordonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938
- In re the Estate of KananackNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- Polo v. SternNew York Supreme Court · 1936
- Helwing v. HeathUtah Supreme Court · 1945
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