In re Hosford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from surrogate’s court, Columbia county. Administration of J. Spencer Hosford and another, executors of the will of Barent Van Alstyne, deceased. From a decree of final accounting, Henry Snyder and others, legatees, appeal. Modified.
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Appeal from surrogate’s court, Columbia county. Administration of J. Spencer Hosford and another, executors of the will of Barent Van Alstyne, deceased. From a decree of final accounting, Henry Snyder and others, legatees, appeal. Modified. The will of Barent Van Alstyne, deceased, was admitted to probate by the surrogate of Columbia county on the -28th day of May, 1886, and letters testamentary were at the same time issued to J. Spencer Hosford and Edward P. Van Alstyne, the executors named in said will. This is an appeal from the decree of the surrogate of said county entered on the 31st…
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
It is urged by the appellants that the said executors, failing to dispose of the real estate left by said testator within a reasonable time after the issuing of letters testamentary, should be charged, not only with the losses on such sales, but also with the expenses incurred by them with regard to such real estate, after the lapse of a reasonable time from the death of the testator.
The fourth clause of the testator’s will was as follows:
“All the rest, residue, and remainder of my personal estate and proceeds of my real property, not hereinbefore devised, I give, devise, and bequeath to my…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lent v. . HowardNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- In the Matter, Etc., of Estate of WestonNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- O'Conner v. . GiffordNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- In re Hayden's EstateNew York Supreme Court · 1889
- Harrington v. . KeteltasNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Walworth's Estate v. Bartholomew's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1903
- Scott v. TuggleMontana Supreme Court · 1925
- In re Ogden's EstateNew York Surrogate's Court · 1903
- In re HosfordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898