In re Whitehead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Charles H. Steihway and others, as executors, etc., of William Stein way, deceased, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court ■of New Tort county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 14th day of December, 1898, directing the executors to file their accounts.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
The petitioner presented to the surrogate a petition alleging that he was a creditor of the estate of William Steinway, deceased; that he had filed his claim with the executors, and that his said claim Was thereupon admitted: that more than eighteen months had expired since the granting of letters testamentary; and that his ■claim .had not been paid, and no accounting had been made by such executors; and the petitioner prays that a citation may issue directed to said executors requiring them to show cause why an order should not be made directing that the executors. judicially…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lambert v. . CraftNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- In Re the Estate of CallahanNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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