In re Deridder
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Stanislaus P. M. C. DeRidder, from an order ' of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 19th day of April, 1918, denying his motion for leave to sue the temporary administrators herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
Upon the death of Johannes DeRidder, Howard Taylor and Michael J. Egan-were appointed as temporary administrators of his estate. Stanislaus DeRidder claims to be a creditor of that estate in the sum of about $60,000. This claim was apparently presented to the temporary administrators and was by them rejected. The creditor, for the purpose of saving the possible defense of the Statute of Limitations, has asked leave to sue the temporary administrators. This motion was denied by the surrogate upon the ground *658that more than three months had elapsed since the rejection of the…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- In re the Estate of CooperNew York Surrogate's Court · 1967