In re Georgi
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Otto H. Georgi, as administrator, etc., of Cossuth L. Georgi, deceased, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of New York county, bearing date the 5th day of April, 1899, and entered in said Surrogate’s Court, denying his motion to compel Peter Daly, purchaser, to completé his purchase, and granting the motion of said purchaser to be relieved therefrom.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
On the 21st of January, 1898, the surrogate of the county of New York made a decree, directing that certain real property of the petitioner’s intestate be sold for the payment of debts and funeral expenses. Pursuant to that decree a part of the' property was offered for sale and was bid in by Peter Daly, who subsequently declined to take title, whereupon the administrator applied to the surrogate and procured an order requiring the purchaser to show cause why he should not complete his purchase. In response to that order the purchaser presented his petition to the surrogate, in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stilwell v. . SwarthoutNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Estate of SlaterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1893
- In re DusenburyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1900