In re to Revoke Letters Testamentary of Santoro

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re to Revoke Letters Testamentary of Santoro

260 A.D. 926, 23 N.Y.S.2d 47, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5490

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided November 4, 1940·Published

Opinion

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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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.

In re to Revoke Letters Testamentary of Santoro, 260 A.D. 926, 23 N.Y.S.2d 47, 1940 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5490 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1940).

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