In re Van Derzee
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from surrogate’s court, Richmond county. Application by Edmund Van Derzee to compel Melville E. Wygant, John Croak, and Louis Kloss, as executors of the will of John H. Van Cleef, deceased, to file and judicially settle an account of the .proceeds of testator as general guardian of petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtDykman, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the surrogate •of the county of Richmond, dismissing the application of the appellant to compel the respondents to file an account of the proceedings of their decedent as general guardian of the appellant. The appellant, Van Derzee, presented a petition to the surrogate of Richmond county, in which he stated, among other things, that he was 34 years of age; that on the 13th day of January, 1864, letters of guardianship were granted by the surrogate of Richmond county to John H. Van Cleef, in said county, appointing him general guardian of the person and…
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