Mootrie v. Hunt

The Surrogate.

The probate of the will of the decedent was contested before me, and an appeal from my decree admitting the same to proof, taken to the Supreme Court. Two of the next of kin now apply for letters of collection, and the application is resisted by the executor and principal legatee. The object contemplated by the statute in the appointment of a special administrator, is “ the collection and preservation of the goods of the deceased,” whenever a delay is necessarily produced, by reason of a contest or any other cause, in the grant of letters testamentary or of administration. The…