In re the Estate of Sherry
Opinion of the Court
—In a proceeding to judicially settle an executrix’s account of her stewardship, in which the decedent’s spouse moved, inter alia, to rescind a voucher and release waiver executed by her and to file objections to the account, the spouse appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of a decree of the Surrogate’s
Ordered that the decree is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
We agree with the Surrogate’s determination that the voucher and release waiver was predicated upon a binding contract entered into between the appellant, the decedent’s spouse, and his estate. The evidence adduced at the trial indicates that the executrix of the estate made an unqualified offer to settle all of the appellant’s claims for $10,000 and that she unconditionally accepted that offer. Such an offer and acceptance produces a binding contract (see, Barber-Greene Co. v M.F. Dollard, Jr., Inc., 239 App Div 655, affd 267 NY 545; 21 NY Jur 2d, Contracts, § 6).
The appellant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Balletta, J. P., O’Brien, Santucci and Florio, JJ., concur.
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