Brinckerhoff v. Farias
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Edwin R. Brinckerhoff and another, as executors and trustees of and under the last will and testament. of Michael W. Wall, deceased, and by the defendant, William F. Wall, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants Marie C. Farias and another, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 20th day of January^ 1899, upon the report of a referee, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Edwin R. Brinckerhoff and another, as executors and trustees of and under the last will and testament. of Michael W. Wall, deceased, and by the defendant, William F. Wall, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants Marie C. Farias and another, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 20th day of January^ 1899, upon the report of a referee, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an interlocutory order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of January, 1899, providing for the…
1Opinion of the Court
HIRSCHBERG, J.:
This is an action to procure a judicial settlement of the accounts of the plaintiffs as the executors and trustees of the last will and testament of Michael W. Wall, deceased. The testator died February 28, 1888, leaving a will which was executed June 29, 1887, and which was admitted to probate in blew York county March 28, 1888, whereupon the plaintiffs qualified and entered upon and have ever since been engaged in the execution of their trust. By the will, among various other provisions, the sum of $75,000 was bequeathed to the executors in trust for the téstator’s widow, the…
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- In Re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the of Account Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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