Legal Opinion
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Meng
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 15, 1916PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Proceeding upon the judicial settlement of the account of an executor.
1Opinion of the Court
Fowler, S. —
The Hon. Henry Bischoff, a justice of the Supreme Court of this State, was a passenger on an elevator in the Emigrants’ Industrial Savings Bank Building in this city on March 28, 1913., when an accident occurred, through the negligent operation of the elevator, resulting in his death. He left him surviving a widow and two grandchildren, who are the children of a deceased daughter of decedent by a former wife, also deceased. He had no other children or next of kin. The executor named in his last will and testament, J ames S. Meng, duly qualified as such executor on April 18, 1913,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Stuber v. . McEnteeNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Prowitt v. . RodmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of PatonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Beebe v. . EstabrookNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Pfender v. DepewAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of MengAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of WeberNew York Surrogate's Court · 1918
- In re AtterburyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- Boyd v. RichieSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930