In re Kautsky
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, New York county. Application of Kayeton Kautsky, as assignee for benefit of creditors of the estate of Theodore Agazzi, and Sylvester Peyser, for a final accounting. From an order confirming the report of a referee surcharging the assignee, the assignee and his surety appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The assignment was made on the 24th day of June, 1895. The inventory and schedules were verified by Sylvester Peyser, one of the assignees, and show the liabilities of the assignors to be $2,527.66, with $3,008.77 nominal assets and $1,354.37 actual assets. The assignee gave a bond pursuant to the statute in the sum of $1,500, which was duly approved by the court, with the Lawyers’ Surely 'Company of New York as surety, and entered upon the discharge of his duties. The assigned estate consisted of picture frames, moldings, and the general goods pertaining to the business of picture framing,…
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