In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Edmonds
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by. William E. Edmonds, as administrator, etc., of Maria Edmonds, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Livingston, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 22d day pf March, 1897, settling the accounts of the administrator of the estate of Maria Edmonds, deceased, and directing a distribution of the moneys remaining in the hands of such administrator, and also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 7th day of December,…
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Appeal by. William E. Edmonds, as administrator, etc., of Maria Edmonds, deceased, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Livingston, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 22d day pf March, 1897, settling the accounts of the administrator of the estate of Maria Edmonds, deceased, and directing a distribution of the moneys remaining in the hands of such administrator, and also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 7th day of December, 1896, upon the filing of the answer of William E. Edmonds to the petition and proceedings for the accounting, and upon which…
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, J. :
The only question raised by this appeal relates to a-claim of $1,872 against the estate presented by the contestant, Sarah A. Edmonds. This claim was .presented to the administrator in August, 1895. The administrator insisted that he soon after rejected the claim, while the contestant denied that she received any notice of such rejection. In September, 1896, the contestant filed a petition for the final accounting of the administrator, to the end that she might secure payment of her claim. The surrogate in November ordered the administrator to render and file an account. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schutz v. . MoretteNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- McNulty v. . HurdNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
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