McMaster v. Gould

This record presents a preliminary question as to our jurisdiction under the writ of certiorari.

The petitioners brought an action in equity in the Supreme Court of New Yórk against George J. Gould and others for an accounting of syndicate funds. Gould having died before the trial, the petitioners, proceeding under a rule to show cause, moved for an order substituting the respondents, the executors of his estate, as parties defendant, and reviving the action as against them. The court denied this motion and dismissed the rule to show cause; and this was affirmed by the Appellate Division,…