Peltz v. Schultes

At the last term of this court we affirmed the decision of the surrogate in the above-entitled matter, and awarded the costs and expenses of the appeal against the defendants personally. 19 N. Y. Supp. 637. The defendants now apply to this court to have the decree against them so modified as to relieve them from any personal liability for such costs and expenses. They allege in their petition for such relief that when they were asked to account for any property belonging to the estate of Isaac H. Watson that had come into their hands as the executors of Mary Watson they consulted counsel, and…