Seabury v. Bowen

The Surrogate.

At the decease of the testatrix, an assessment had been duly confirmed upon certain devised premises in Ludlow street, and the question arises, whether the charge *208is t„o be paid out of the personal estate, or whether it is to be borne by the owner of the devised property. The assessment was levied for the widening of Walker street. By law, this assessment, though á lien on the real estate from the time of confirmation, was also a personal debt of the testatrix, which she was liable to pay on demand; and in' default of payment it could be recovered by levy and distress, or by…