In re the Estate of James
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Elizabeth Pratt De G-asquet James, individually and as executrix, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Ulster, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 21st day of March, 1915, judicially settling her accounts herein. Also motions to dismiss an appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, P. J.:
Count Amedee De Gasquet James was bom at New Orleans. His mother was a French woman. They removed from New Orleans to France about 1863, where he lived with his mother until his marriage with the appellant in 1881. He inherited from his mother, or acquired through her, the title of count in France, and lived and died there as a French nobleman. His mother was buried in the family vault at Loudres, France, where at his request he was buried. In 1881 he came from France to this State for the purpose of marrying the appellant, and immediately after the marriage they returned to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cook v. . ConnersNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Estate of WarburgNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Pratt de Gasquet JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- La Mettrie v. JamesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1925
- In re the Estate of CrichtonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1966