Fried v. Glueck

Plaintiff administratrix presents an order embodying the terms of a settlement in a wrongful death action commenced under limited letters of administration issued to her by the Surrogate’s Court pursuant to section 122 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. She requests that the moneys be apportioned among the persons eligible to receive same and that the administratrix be allowed to receive and disburse such moneys.

Section 133 of the Decedent Estate Law amply empowers the Supreme Court as the “ court having jurisdiction of the action,” not only to settle the action, but to determine the proportions…