White v. Pomeroy
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal from two orders made by the county judge of the county of Oswego, acting as surrogate, on the 14th day of May last. By the first of those orders, the respondent Pomeroy was appointed guardian of the person and estate of Marshall Whitman, an infant of five years old; and by the second, he was appointed administrator, tfcc. of Orange Whitman, deceased, the father of the infant. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Gridley, J.
I. As to the order appointing the respondent guardian for the infant. The respondent was the cousin german of the infant, his mother being the sister of the infant’s father. The appellant is the maternal uncle of the infant, and resides in the county of Oswego, where the infant himself resides. It was shown by the respondent, in his petition to the surrogate, that his residence was in the county of Ontario, and that the infant had two aunts and three uncles residing in Oswego. The surrogate, immediately, on the same day of the application, without appointing any other…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Underhill v. DennisNew York Court of Chancery · 1841
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- Holley v. ChamberlainNew York Surrogate's Court · 1860
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