In re the Estate of Collins

Hetherington, S.

The commissioner of public welfare of the city of New York filed on its behalf a claim against decedent’s estate in the sum of $3,050 for reimbursement for relief awarded and paid to her during the period commencing August 1, 1923, and ending December 1, 1930. The claim was rejected by the executor and heard upon the judicial settlement of its account. It appears from the established or conceded facts that the decedent was a single daughter of an honorably-discharged Civil war veteran, and had received during the aforesaid period relief from the city pursuant to sections 80,…