In Re the Accounting of Barefield
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial .department, entered April 24, 1903, which reversed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court settling the accounts of Rebecca A. R. Barefield, as administratrix of the estate of Mary E. Rosell, deceased. The facts, as far as material, are stated in the'opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial .department, entered April 24, 1903, which reversed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court settling the accounts of Rebecca A. R. Barefield, as administratrix of the estate of Mary E. Rosell, deceased. The facts, as far as material, are stated in the'opinion. The reversal of the surrogate’s decree having been on a question of law, there being no dispute as to the facts, the only question before this court is whether the surrogate drew the correct legal conclusion from the facts disclosed upon…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, Oh. J.
The matter of the judicial settlement of the account of Rebecca A. R. Barefield, as. administratrix of the estate of Mary E. Rosell, deceased, coming on before the surrogate of Kings county, he appointed a referee under section 2546 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to examine the account and to hear and determine the questions arising upon its settlement. The referee’s report comprises the evidence taken; certain formal findings of fact, as to which there was no dispute; an enumeration and description of five bank accounts and the dates at which they were closed by the…
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