Rositzke v. Meyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, George William Meyer, individually and as executor, and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 1st day of July, 1916, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Westchester Special Term. The judgment decreed that plaintiff had a valid claim against the estate of John N. Meyer, deceased, and directed an accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
The original creditors were J. and M. Tiedemann, who years ago returned from New York to Germany. On July 1, 1895, they had loaned to John N. Meyer (now deceased) $3,000, and $900 more in 1898, making $3,900.
Mr. John N. Meyer died in 1901 in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., leaving a bottling business in Mt. Vernon, and certain real estate there. His will, probated in Westchester county, begins: “After my lawful debts are paid, I give, devise and bequeath all of my estate,” etc., to his wife. “I hereby appoint my said beloved wife Sophie Meyer to be Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament;…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of MoehringNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- In re the Estate of AshheimAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Matter of GantertNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Claim of Clark v. Estate of HylandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- In re Judicial Settlement in the Estate of PrinceNew York Surrogate's Court · 1907
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- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of DygertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934