Matter of Spelman v. . Terry
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, affirming an order of Special Term, directing the appellant, as special guardian of certain infants, to pay over to the chamberlain of the city of New York the sum of $828.04, in discharge of his trust.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, affirming an order of Special Term, directing the appellant, as special guardian of certain infants, to pay over to the chamberlain of the city of New York the sum of $828.04, in discharge of his trust. (Reported below, 8 Hun, 205.) On the 28th of March, 1851, the appellant became the owner of a lease, or declaration of sale, constituting a tax title affecting the premises known as 132 McKibben street, in the city of Brooklyn. He assigned it to one John G. Haight, on the 4th of June, 1851, and then…
1Per curiam
The Supreme Court had jurisdiction in the matter. The bond of the special guardian was conditioned to account for all moneys according to the order of any court having authority to give direction in the premises. (2 R. S., p. 194, § 172.) If the County Court of Kings county had authority also, it was not exclusive. The rule made or announced by the chancellor in Matter of Seaman (2 Paige, 409), that all proceedings in such cases must be filed in the office where the order for the appointment of the guardian was entered, does not interfere. The office of the county clerk of Kings county is the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re SeamanNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
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