In re the Application for Letters of Administration de bonis non on the Goods, Chattels & Credits which were of Hagan
New York Surrogate's Court
Application for letters of administration de bonis non. George J. Kilgen, for petitioner Joseph L. Hagen, brother of decedent.
1Opinion of the Court
Ketcham, S.
The intestate was survived by her father, who was her only next of kin, and as such entitled to the whole estate. The father took letters of administration and thereafter died. His widow is his administratrix. Administration de bonis non of the original estate is now asked for by the administratrix of the deceased father, by one of the brothers of the original decedent, by a creditor and by the public administrator.
Every instinct of justice and good sense urges the appointment of the administratrix of the sole distributee deceased. An executor or administrator of a deceased…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re the Administration of the Goods, Chattels & Credits of SeymourNew York Surrogate's Court · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Letters of Administration on the Goods, Chattels & Credits of WolffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- In re the Estate of CohnNew York Surrogate's Court · 1947