Matter of Accounting of Neilley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 12, 1882, which reversed so much of a decree of the surrogate of Dockland county, made upon the final accounting of respondent as administratrix of the estate of Alexander Waldron, deceased, as disallowed a claim against said estate, presented by her as administratrix of the estate of Sarah Byron, deceased, and which adjudged the said claim to…
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 12, 1882, which reversed so much of a decree of the surrogate of Dockland county, made upon the final accounting of respondent as administratrix of the estate of Alexander Waldron, deceased, as disallowed a claim against said estate, presented by her as administratrix of the estate of Sarah Byron, deceased, and which adjudged the said claim to be valid and directed its payment. The nature of the claim and the material facts relative thereto appear in the…
1Opinion of the CourtRapallo, J.
Wilhelmina B. Neilley, as administratrix of her mother, Sarah Byron, deceased, claims of the estate of her uncle Alexander Waldron, deceased (of which estate the claimant is also administratrix), a sum of money alleged to have been due from him to Sarah Byron in the year 1828. Alexander Waldron was the brother of Sarah Byron, and by the will of their father a certain legacy was directed to be paid by Alexander Waldron and others to Sarah Byr'on. On the 4th of November, 1828, Alexander Waldron gave to his sister, the said Sarah Byron, a written instrument in the following words: “ I hereby…
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