People v. Townsend
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action against the defendant as one of the sureties in a bond taken by the surrogate of the county of Albany, from Huldah M. Clapp and William Gr. Howard, as administrator and administratrix of &e. of Eeuel Clapp, late of Albany, deceased. The botid is in the penal sum of $200,000, dated January 24, 1850, and is signed by Huldah M. Clapp, administratrix, William G-. Howard, administrator, and the defendant and Oliver W. Clapp as sureties.
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THIS was an action against the defendant as one of the sureties in a bond taken by the surrogate of the county of Albany, from Huldah M. Clapp and William Gr. Howard, as administrator and administratrix of &e. of Eeuel Clapp, late of Albany, deceased. The botid is in the penal sum of $200,000, dated January 24, 1850, and is signed by Huldah M. Clapp, administratrix, William G-. Howard, administrator, and the defendant and Oliver W. Clapp as sureties. The suit was brought upon a decree made by the surrogate of the county of Albany, upon a final accounting, bearing date June 21, 1855, by which…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Miller, J.
This was an action brought in the name of the people, upon an administrator’s bond, against the defendant as one of the sureties. Letters of administration were granted on the estate of Beuel Clapp, deceased, to William Gr. Howard and Huldah M. Clapp, the widow of Beuel Clapp. An application was made by one of the parties in interest to compel an accounting. The accounting was had before the surrogate of Albany county, and resulted in a decree against Howard the administrator, charging him separately with a large amount as acting administrator, being the whole estate. A…
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