In re Accounting of Kautsky
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Kayeton Kautsky, as assignee of the estate of Theodore Agazzi, and Sylvester Peyser, under a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, and The Lawyers’ Surety Company of Yew York, surety on the bond of the said assignee, from a decree of the Supreme Court, made at the Yew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yew York on the 27th day of June, 1900, confirming the report of a referee appointed to take and state the account…
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Appeal by Kayeton Kautsky, as assignee of the estate of Theodore Agazzi, and Sylvester Peyser, under a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, and The Lawyers’ Surety Company of Yew York, surety on the bond of the said assignee, from a decree of the Supreme Court, made at the Yew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yew York on the 27th day of June, 1900, confirming the report of a referee appointed to take and state the account of the assignee for the benefit of creditors, and directing distribution of the estate, with notice of an intention to…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The assignment was made on the 24th day of June, 1895. The inventory and schedules were verified by Sylvester Peyser, one of ■ the assignees, and show the liabilities of the assignors to be $2,527.66, with $3,008.77 nominal assets and $1,354.37 actual assets. The assignee gave a bond pursuant to the statute in the sum' of $1,500, which was duly approved by the court, with the Lawyers’ Surety Company of Yew York as surety, and entered upon the discharge of his duties. The assigned estate consisted of picture frames, mouldings and the general goods pertaining to the business of…
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