In re the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Strong
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by J. Montgomery Strong, as executor, etc., of Elizabeth L. Strong, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court bn the 3d - day of April, 1905,- adjudging him in contempt.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
Testatrix died March 20, 189S. Letters' testamentary were issued to the executor here proceeded against in February, 1898. A proceeding to compel the executor to account was initiated by his brother in August, 1898. The main question litigated in said proceeding concerned the personal liability of the executor for a debt due from him to his testatrix, After a long and expensive trial'before a referee a *282report was made ■ establishing the-debt, which report was confirmed and a decree was made on March 30, 1903, which included the debt as the principal asset of the estate. The decree,…
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