Shook v. Shook

By the Court,

Brown, J.

The decree made by the surrogate of the county of Dutchess from which this appeal is taken, is illegal and unjust, for its principal end seems to have been to take the property of ah unoffending woman, not a party to the proceeding, and who has had no connection with the litigation, and hand it over to the appellant, against his will, and to the two attorneys for the parties, as a compensation for their services and disbursements.

George Shook, the appellant, and John Shook, the respondent’s testator, held the bond and mortgage of Evan Williams to secure $1500 with the…