Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Morris

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 27, 1937PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wingate, S.

The sole issue upon this application for a compulsory accounting is as to whether the claim of the petitioner is barred by the running of the six years’ Statute of Limitations.

The facts are conceded in the answer of the executor. The decedent ordered a monument from the claimant’s testator, the total *379cost of which was to be $220. She paid $100 as a deposit and “ on December 3rd, 1929, the sum of $25 was paid on account, leaving a balance of $95 due.” She died on April 18, 1931, and letters testamentary were issued to the present respondent on May 29, 1931. Proof of claim for the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Accounting of SchorerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
  2. Hall v. . BrennanNew York Court of Appeals · 1893

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of McGowanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1940
  2. Butler v. PriceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946

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