In re the Estate of Williams
New York Surrogate's Court
Application for an accounting under section 2727 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Sexton, S.
This is an application under section 2727 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by a daughter of the deceased, for an order compelling the administrator to render and settle his account in this estate.
The answer to the petition admits that Milton H. Williams was appointed administrator March 7, 1891, and has not since accounted. It then alleges that the petitioner was fully paid more than eleven years ago and that the Statute of Limitations Is a bar to a compulsory accounting.
An allegation of payment amounts to a denial of interest. This is not fatal to the application, as a mere…
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