In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Wood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by William G. Wood, as administrator, from parts of a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Westchester, bearing date the 7th day of October, 1919, and entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
The decree awards the claimant $1,360 compensation for certain services rendered to the intestate and for incidental expenditures. The basis of the decree is quantum meruit. The opinion of the learned surrogate indicates that he rested such decree upon the undisputed proof of services at the request of the intestate, of certain expenditures a'nd of statements of the intestate that he expected to pay for such services. (Matter of Bayles, 108 Mise. Rep. 117.) It may be conceded that there was no relation between claimant and intestate that justified a conclusion that such services…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Reed v. . McConnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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