Matter of Accounting of Hughes
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by James Hughes as administrator of the estate of Peter Hughes, deceased, from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 13, 1883, which affirmed a decree of the surrogate of the county of Kings. The decree was upon the final settlement of the accounts of said administrator.
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Appeal by James Hughes as administrator of the estate of Peter Hughes, deceased, from a judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 13, 1883, which affirmed a decree of the surrogate of the county of Kings. The decree was upon the final settlement of the accounts of said administrator. That portion of the decree appealed from directed him to deliver the assets of the estate in his hands to Matthew Carroll, who had been appointed administrator in Pennsylvania, in which State the intestate was domiciled at the time of…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The surrogate of the county of Kings had jurisdiction to grant letters of administration of the goods, chattels and effects of the intestate, Peter Hughes, within this State by virtue of subdivision 4, sec. 23, art. 2, tit. 2, chap. 6, part 2 of the Bevised Statutes. The intestate died at Braddock, Pa., of which State he was an inhabitant, leaving no assets in this State, but leaving assets in Pennsylvania, which were subsequently brought into the county of Kings, and were within that county when the letters were granted. So, also, the surrogate had jurisdiction on the final accounting of the…
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