In re the Final Accounting of Blair
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Josephine H. Dunning from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Chenango, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 31st day of March, 1902, as adjudges a certain note for $2,275 held by Louis P. Blair to be a legal and valid claim against the estate of Phebe A. Hiller, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Chester, J.:
Upon the final settlement of his accounts the administrator presented a personal claim against the estate of his decedent, Phebe A. Hiller, for a considerable amount for professional services as a physician rendered to her, and also for the amount of several promissory notes, claimed by him to have been made by her and delivered to him. Josephine H. Dunning, sister of the decedent, and her sole next of kin, filed objections to the account. The learned surrogate has decided in favor of the claimant upon his claim for professional services and upon all the notes, and from a part of…
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