McMahon v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs in each of the above-entitled actions from a judgment of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, rendered on the 27th day of May, 1897, and entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Hew York affirming a judgment of the General Term of the City Court of the city of Hew York, entered in the office of the clerk of the City Court of Hew York on the 17th day of December, 1896, which affirmed a judgment of the Trial Term of said City Court,…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs in each of the above-entitled actions from a judgment of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, rendered on the 27th day of May, 1897, and entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Hew York affirming a judgment of the General Term of the City Court of the city of Hew York, entered in the office of the clerk of the City Court of Hew York on the 17th day of December, 1896, which affirmed a judgment of the Trial Term of said City Court, entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of June, 1896, dismissing the. complaint in each of the above-entitled…
1DissentO’Brien, J.
The actions were brought against the sureties.upon an administration bond given by one Michael Keegan as administrator of his deceased sister Jane. The decedent was unmarried, and her next of kin were her three brothers and a nephew and niece, children of Ann Biggs, a deceased sister. In her lifetime the decedent had loaned to her brother Michael, who subsequently became her administrator, different sums of money, for the balance of which she had obtained three judgments which, with interest less credits, at-the time of her decease, amounted to $821.53. Though she obtained some partial…
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