In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Regan
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 2, 1901, which reversed an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Rew York county vacating in part a decree on the final accounting of James Regan as-executor and trustee under the will of John Feehan, deceased. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 2, 1901, which reversed an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Rew York county vacating in part a decree on the final accounting of James Regan as-executor and trustee under the will of John Feehan, deceased. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The order appealed from is'a final order in a special proceeding, and is, therefore, reviewable here. (Peri v. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., 152 N. Y. 520.) The respondent, having had notice of the existence of a lien in…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The original proceeding in this matter was brought in the Surrogate’s Court by the heirs at law and next of kin for an accounting and distribution by the executor and trustee of the will of one John Feehan, deceased. The application resulted in a decree of the surrogate entered on the 12th of December, 1898, whereby it was adjudged that there was in the hands of the executor $8,001.67 for distribution. The executor was directed by the decree to distribute this sum, after deducting all payments for cpmmissions and charges pro rata to five persons, who claimed as distributees under the will,…
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