Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1938

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts Smith

In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 4, 1938
254 A.D. 810; 5 N.Y.S.2d 549; 1938 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7706
In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts Smith

Opinion of the Court

Decree reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event, on the authority of Roséboom v. Billington (17 Johns, 181, 187); Hulbert v. Nichol (20 Hun, 454, 457); Decker v. Zeluff (23 App. Div. 107,109,110); Mills v. Davis (113 N. Y. 243, 247); Purdy v. Purdy (47 App. Div. 94, 96); Matter of Burrows (139 Mise. 802; 804; affd., as modfd., 235 App. Div. 764, revd., and decree of Surrogate affd., 259 N. Y. 449); United States Trust Company v. Stanton (76 Hun, 32; affd., 145 N. Y. 620), Matter of City of New York (239 id. 220; 225.) All concur. (The decree adjudges a claim against an estate to be valid.) Present — Sears, P. J., Crosby, Lewis, Taylor and Dowling, JJ.

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