Mason v. Roosevelt
New York Court of Chancery
THIS was a rehearing on the petition, in the matter of the heirs of Samuel Kicoll, deceased, to be let in to prove their debts against the estate of C. C. Roosevelt, deceased, on taking the account before the masler, in the above cause, on exceptions taken to the master’s report.
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THIS was a rehearing on the petition, in the matter of the heirs of Samuel Kicoll, deceased, to be let in to prove their debts against the estate of C. C. Roosevelt, deceased, on taking the account before the masler, in the above cause, on exceptions taken to the master’s report. The bill, in this cause, was filed on the 10th of December, 1817, by the plaintiff, for herself, as creditor, and such other creditors of C■ C. Roosevelt, deceased, as should come in, 8zc. against the executors, heir.s and devisees of C, C. R., for an account of the personal estate, and for a sale of his estate, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
A rehearing has been granted on the application of the defendants, who are executors of C. C. Roosevelt, deceased, against so much of the decretal order of the 7th of Marchi 1320, as overruled the 2d and 3d exceptions taken by these defendants to the master’s report.
The 2d exception was, that the master had not credited the estate of C. C. R. with commissions on the moneys expended by him, on account of the estate of Jiicoll, or with any other allowance for his agency and services in relation to that estate.
I am entirely satisfied, that under the circumstances of the case,'…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tripler v. Olcott & LordNew York Court of Chancery · 1818
3Cited by3 opinions
- Davis v. . CrandallNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Ogden v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Morgan v. TiptonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1844