In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Davenport
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Chloe Carroll Rhem and another from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 10th day of August, 1901, settling the accounts of the petitioner, as administrator, etc., of Sarah L. Cullen, deceased, as directs the payment of distributive shares to persons other than the said appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
Sarah L. Oullen died intestate on the 15th day of September, 1898 possessed apparently of personal estate only. She left no husband, brother, sister, ancestor or descendant. The appellants, her nephew and niece, are the only children of a previously deceased brother, and there are no other children or descendants of brothers or sisters. There were two uncles and two aunts of the deceased living at the time of her death, and many children and descendants of deceased uncles and aunts. The decree distributes the estate in eighty-one shares, taking in, in addition to the appellants…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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