In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Baker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by Frances Baber, as administratrix, etc., of Elizabeth Wilbur, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Washington county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 16th day of December, 1898, settling the accounts of said administratrix.
1Opinion of the Court
-Merwin, J.:
' The main question in this case relates to that part of the decree appealed from which charges the administratrix with the sum of -$1,099.78, as being the amount of a note against J. Wilbur Gould, and interest to the date of the decree. It is found that the note was owned and held by the deceased at the time of her death.
The note had been left by the deceased some time before her death in the custody of Paul Wilbiur, a relative,, hut -not one of her next of bin. The maher of the note was also a relative, but not one of the next of bin. The decedent died on the 13th of May, 1896,…
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