Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1940

In re to Revoke Letters Testamentary of Santoro

In re to Revoke Letters Testamentary of Santoro
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 4, 1940
260 A.D. 926; 23 N.Y.S.2d 47; 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5490
In re to Revoke Letters Testamentary of Santoro

Opinion of the Court

Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Richmond County, revoking letters testamentary issued to Jennie Santoro, and removing her as executrix of the estate, unanimously affirmed, with costs to all respondents filing briefs, payable out of the estate. The record discloses that appellont destroyed the bank statements and paid herself commissions without first obtaining an order of the court, and otherwise conducted herself in a manner showing that she has not a proper understanding of her duties as executrix. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Taylor, JJ.

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