In Re the Accounting of Harteau
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 30, 1910, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court settling the accounts of the trustees under the will of Henry Harteau, dceeased. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 30, 1910, which affirmed a decree of the Kings County Surrogate’s Court settling the accounts of the trustees under the will of Henry Harteau, dceeased. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The whole scheme and object of the decedent was to provide a fund for the payment of the annuity to his wife for life and his sister, Mrs. Wheeler and his niece, the contestant, his only heirs at law and next of kin, and the preservation in the meantime of his wife’s…
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This controversy involves the validity and effect of certain portions of the will of Henry Harteau, late of the city of Brooklyn, deceased, and the correctness of the directions contained in a decree of the surrogate of Kings county as to the disposition of certain moneys of his estate.
Henry Harteau was a resident of Brooklyn and died in that city on September 5th, 1895, leaving a last will and testament which was admitted to probate on the 1st of October in the same year. His executors were and are Margaret N. Harteau, his widow, Eugene H. Winslow and Julian D. Fairchild, president cf the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Robertson v. . De BrulatourNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Thayer v. . BurrNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- In re CraneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of HarteauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
3Cited by49 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of OsborneNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Matter of KohlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In re KohlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916
- In re KohlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- In re the Estate of HannaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
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