In re Last Will & Testament of Hassett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Margaret Gr. Ronayne, individually and as executrix, etc., of Sarah J. Hassett Choate, deceased, from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in said Surrogate's Court on the 18th day of April, 1905, authorizing the respondents to act as executors of the will of said decedent within the limits specified by section 2582 of the Code of Civil Procedure, pending appeals from a decree admitting the said will to probate.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
Pending the determination of proceedings which resulted in a decree admitting this will to probate and rejecting a later one presented by the appellant, a temporary administrator was appointed. Upon the entry of the decree of probate, letters testamentary were issued to the respondents herein, being two of the three executors named in the will; they qualified as such, entered upon their duties and were so engaged when the appellant and certain special guardians served notice of appeal from the probate decree.
The effect of this appeal was to suspend the functions of the executors,…
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