Spallholz v. Sheldon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Lizzie M. 3?. Spallholz, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Washington on the 18th day of October, 1912, upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court without a jury at the Washington Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Howard, J.:
On January 31, 1891, James 0. Ferguson died leaving an estate of $23,274.40. He made some other small bequests, but left the bulk of his property to his only child, Lizzie M. Ferguson. He appointed the defendant, Mark L. Sheldon, the executor of his will. Yearly, after assuming his duties, the executor rendered an account to the surrogate. At each of these armna.1 accountings certain erroneous commissions and allowances were made to the executor, the aggregate of which is $1,102.53. When the plaintiff arrived at the age of fourteen years, upon her petition, the defendant rendered…
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