In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Murphy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Bebecca O’Brien, as administratrix, etc., of' Mary Bebecca Murphy, deceased, from á decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 5th day of March, 1906, settling the. accounts of William E. Murphy, as executor, etc., of Thomas Murphy, deceased.
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Appeal by Bebecca O’Brien, as administratrix, etc., of' Mary Bebecca Murphy, deceased, from á decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 5th day of March, 1906, settling the. accounts of William E. Murphy, as executor, etc., of Thomas Murphy, deceased. Also an appeal by Thomas Joseph Cunningham, as executor, etc., of Eliza Cunningham,' deceased, from so much of said decree as permits the said William E. Murphy, as executor, to reimburse himsel-f for certain expenses incurred in a litigation.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
Thomas Murphy, the elder, died in Brooklyn in the year 1867, leaving a last will and testament which was duly admitted to pro■bate in Kings county; letters of administration thereon were issued to his widow, Eliza, and his son, William E. Murphy. At his death the testator left him surviving his widow, Eliza, and liis sons, William E., Thomas, Frederick and Daniel, and his daughters, Eliza and Augtista.
The son Thomas died in 1871 without issue, leaving by will the interest he had, if any, in the Water street property, the subject of the provision of the 6th paragraph of his father’s…
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