In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Woodward
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, as executor, etc., of Frances Mary Woodward, deceased, and others, from a decree of the Surrogate’s- Court of the county of Orange, bearing date the 14th day of January, 1901, and entered in said Surrogate’s Court, settling the accounts of Francis W. Woodward, as executor and trustee of and under the last will and testament of William A. Woodward,, deceased, and also from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county…
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Appeal by the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, as executor, etc., of Frances Mary Woodward, deceased, and others, from a decree of the Surrogate’s- Court of the county of Orange, bearing date the 14th day of January, 1901, and entered in said Surrogate’s Court, settling the accounts of Francis W. Woodward, as executor and trustee of and under the last will and testament of William A. Woodward,, deceased, and also from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Orange, bearing date the 14th day of January, 1901, and entered in said Surrogate’s Court, denying the appellants’"…
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
William A. Woodward died in 1883, leaving a will in which he appointed executors, one of whom; Francis W. Woodward, qualified. In 18.98 the executor filed.a petition with the surrogate of Orange county .for the judicial settlement of his accounts'. Accompanying the petition was a verified account. At that time there were surviving the testator a widow, two sons, two daughters and'eleven grandchildren. The widow, one of the daughters and four of the grandchildren appeared and filed objections to the account.
Mrs. Frances M. Woodward, the widow, died in 1900, leaving a will, and…
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