Legal Opinion

Hannahs v. . Hannahs

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 16, 1877PublishedCited by 9 opinions

This was an appeal from a judgment of General Term, affirming, with some modifications, a decree of the surrogate of Otsego county, settling the accounts of appellant, as executor of the estate of William 0. Hannahs, deceased. Numerous questions were presented as to various items of the account, most of which were disposed of upon the facts in the case.

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This was an appeal from a judgment of General Term, affirming, with some modifications, a decree of the surrogate of Otsego county, settling the accounts of appellant, as executor of the estate of William 0. Hannahs, deceased. Numerous questions were presented as to various items of the account, most of which were disposed of upon the facts in the case. The deceased and the executor were copartners; the latter, after the death of the former, continued the business without making a division, and the surrogate charged the executor yearly interest upon the amount of the interest of the' testator…

1Opinion of the Court

Folger, J.,

reads for modification by adding to the allowance to the appellant by the court below of $239, made up of three items, and $300 also made up of three items, as stated in the opinion, with proper adjustment of interest, and, as modified, affirmed.

All concur.

Judgment accordingly.

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of HearnsNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  2. Hooley v. GieveNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1878
  3. Farrell v. FarrellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  4. Porter v. LongMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  5. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of RoweNew York Surrogate's Court · 1903

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