In re the judicial settlement of the account of Shipman

The Surrogate.

This matter was on the calendar on Oct. 18, 1888, for the purpose of hearing argument upon the exceptions interposed by the special guardian to the account of the executor. One of the exceptions raised was to the payment by the executor of a certain claim of a physician for services rendered to the deceased in her last illness. The Surrogate directed that testimony be taken before an assistant as to an alleged contractual relation between the deceased and the physician. An order of reference was entered upon that direction, and the whole matter now comes up for determination.

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