In re Estate of Schlesinger
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by Emita W. May and another, as executors, etc., of Lewis May, deceased, from an order or decree of the Surrogate’s ’Court in the county of Mew York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 16th day of September, 1898,.requiring'the said Emita W., May and Aaron Wolff, Jr., as executors, etc., of Lewis May, deceased, to file an account of the proceedings of the said Lewis May, as executor of the estate of Herman Schlesinger, deceased, so far only as to permit Solomon…
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Appeal "by Emita W. May and another, as executors, etc., of Lewis May, deceased, from an order or decree of the Surrogate’s ’Court in the county of Mew York, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 16th day of September, 1898,.requiring'the said Emita W., May and Aaron Wolff, Jr., as executors, etc., of Lewis May, deceased, to file an account of the proceedings of the said Lewis May, as executor of the estate of Herman Schlesinger, deceased, so far only as to permit Solomon H. Schlesinger and Edward Schlesinger to assert and try the question of the liability of the said Lewis May, as…
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
' Herman Schlesinger died in-May, 1869, and-in November of that year his will was duly admitted to probate by the surrogate of the county of New York, and letters testamentary thereon were issued to Lewis May and Julius Epstein, who qualified and entered upon the duties of their office. In the year 1876 proceedings were begun 'by the executors for a final. accounting, and on the 10th day of March, 1876, a decree was entered in the Surrogate’s Court settling the accounts of the executors as presented by them, and decreeing, among other things, that Lewis May having applied to be…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Estate of RogersNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Evans v. . ClevelandNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Pringle v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Matter of PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
3Cited by4 opinions
- In re DeitzNew York Surrogate's Court · 1929
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of SteenckenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Lebrecht v. OreficeAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1951
- Van der Stegen v. Neuss, Hesslein & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934