In re the Judicial Settlement of Account of Seaman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Sarah E. Seaman, as executrix, etc., from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Nassau, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 4th day of December, 1922, allowing a claim of the respondent against the estate of James M. Seaman, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Manning, J.:
This appeal is by Sarah E. Seaman, as executrix of the last will and testament of James M. Seaman, deceased, from a decree of the surrogate of Nassau county which allowed the claim in favor of the First National Bank of Freeport for the sum of $3,228.98 and interest thereon from December 11, 1920, against Seaman’s estate. The claim was resisted by the executrix upon the ground that no legal liability rested upon the estate to pay the claim but that the bank itself was the real debtor; that the note upon which its claim was founded was void, and that the surrogate should have…
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