In Re the Estate of Cunniff

Abigail Cunniff died intestate on the 12th day of April, 1933. Letters of administration on her estate were issued to Herbert C. Cunniff on the 18th day of May, 1933. The administrator began proceedings in January, 1935, for the settlement of his accounts. In July, 1935, while the proceedings were still pending, Thirza Cunniff filed a petition praying that the administrator “ be cited to show cause * * * why a pro cseding should not be commenced by him under article 13 of the Surrogate’s Court Act for the sale of the real estate of the decedent for the purpose of paying the decedent’s debts.”…