In re Estate of Sylvester
In re Estate of Sylvester
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal by Daniel Sylvester, executor of the last will of John Sylvester, deceased, from an order of the probate court settling the account of said executor, and from an order denying his motion for a new trial in the matter of said order.
The transcript presents rather a vague and confusing representation of the proceedings out of which this appeal arises. The executor is also the surviving partner of the deceased in a certain business; and appellant contends that the account involved here is his account as surviving partner under section 1585 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and that the probate court has no jurisdiction to settle such an account. But the account is, upon its face, the account of appellant not as surviving partner, but as executor; and the only specifications of error are that the evidence shows: 1. That the executor had no money of the estate in his hands; 2. That he had paid to the surviving wife over two thousand nine hundred dollars, for which he received no credit; and 3. That all the money received by the executor as such had been legally and properly laid out. On all these
The orders appealed from are affirmed.
De Haven, J., and Fitzgerald, J., concurred.
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- In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN SYLVESTER
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- Estates of Deceased Persons—Settlement of Executor’s Account— kamm oii Suuvivim Ikmii-MiMCTM-kkoim^WIim an executor is also the surviving partner of the deceased, and presents his account for settlement in the probate court, purporting upon its face to be his account as executor and not as surviving partner, such executor cannot contend upon appeal from an order settling the account that the account involved is the account of the surviving partner under section 1585 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and that the court has no jurisdic tion to settle such an account. Id.—Review of Evidence upon Appeal—Substantial Conflict.—Where the evidence is substantially conflicting, an order settling the account of the executor will not be disturbed upon appeal. Id.—Support of Findings—Stipulation.—A stipulation made at the trial in the same terms as a finding made thereupon is sufficient to justify the finding.