In re Havemeyer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioners, Henry Havemeyer and others, from a, decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 27th day of January, 1896, denying the application of the petitioners to remove J. Lee Humfreville,. as executor of and trustee .under the last will and testament of' Mary J. Havemeyer, deceased; also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 27th day of January, 1896, denying the petitioners’ motion…
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Appeal by the petitioners, Henry Havemeyer and others, from a, decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 27th day of January, 1896, denying the application of the petitioners to remove J. Lee Humfreville,. as executor of and trustee .under the last will and testament of' Mary J. Havemeyer, deceased; also from an order entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 27th day of January, 1896, denying the petitioners’ motion to strike out a certain affidavit of the said J.. Lee Humfreville as scandalous.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
• All the beneficiaries under -the will of Mary J. Havemeyer, deceased, united in a petition to the surrogate asking that letters testamentary issued to J. Lee Humfreville be revoked, and that he be removed as executor and trustee under the last will and testament and codicils thereto of Mary J. Havemeyer, deceased. Annexed to -this petition is an affidavit by Edward Kent, who has been appointed as executor and testamentary trustee in the place of Agnes J. Burn-ham, a daughter of the testatrix, in which is set forth the condition of the estate as he found it upon being appointed…
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