Monell v. Monell
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill, filed by five of the children of James Monell, three of whom were infants, stated, that their father died January 3d, 1814, intestate, and seized of a large real and personal estate, and that they and their three brothers and three sisters, whom they named, were his heirs at law. That on the 4th of February, 1814, letters of administration on their father’s estate, were g anted by the surrogate of Orange, county, to the defendant, George Monell, and .to John IV.
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THE bill, filed by five of the children of James Monell, three of whom were infants, stated, that their father died January 3d, 1814, intestate, and seized of a large real and personal estate, and that they and their three brothers and three sisters, whom they named, were his heirs at law. That on the 4th of February, 1814, letters of administration on their father’s estate, were g anted by the surrogate of Orange, county, to the defendant, George Monell, and .to John IV. Mi coll, and Samuel Monell, who took upon themselves the administration of the estate. That the surrogate, on the 1st day…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The bill is filed by two of the adult, and by three of the infant children of James Monell, deceased, against the defendants, G. Monell and P.Milliken, as guardians, for an account of the real and personal estate.
1. As to the personal estate, the answers admit, that on the 1st of March, 1814, 1459 dollars and 40 cents was received by the defendant G. M, as part of the personal estate, and that each plaintiff was entitled to one-fifth, or 291 dollars and 88 cents. But the answers aver, that the money came to his hands, as administrator, and they admit, that he, with two other…
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