In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Taylor
This text of 7 Mills Surr. 116 (In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Taylor) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York Surrogate's Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
is a motion to vacate a decree on the ground that the surrogate had no power to make the same or the findings upon which it was based.
The former surrogate/ after a trial, rendered a decision and, when his term o-f office expired, had not made proposed findings and decree, which were presented by one of the parties for his signature. These findings and decree were left uncompleted and unsigned when the surrogate’s term of office expired and. have since been signed by his successor.
The act sought to be vacated was required of the present surrogate by section 2481 of the 'Code, subdivisions 8 and 9, and the motion must be denied.
Motion denied.
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
7 Mills Surr. 116, 62 Misc. 442, 116 N.Y.S. 1040, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-the-judicial-settlement-of-the-account-of-taylor-nysurct-1909.