144 Misc. 492 | N.Y. Sur. Ct. | 1931
The motion to dismiss the petition is granted, with costs. The decedent, Frank Croker, died in 1905. He was the son of Richard Croker, Sr. It was claimed that there was a complete accounting between the decedent’s administrator, Richard Croker, Jr., and his father, Richard Croker, Sr. Mrs. Bula Croker, the widow of Richard Croker, Sr., now seeks to compel an accounting. She appears in her individual capacity as a legatee under her husband’s, Richard Croker, Sr.’s, will or wills. She is not a person interested in the estate within the meaning of section 259 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. She is merely a legatee of a distributee. The right to compel an accounting vests in the executor or administrator or other representative of the distributee’s estate. This right is not available to a legatee, distributee or creditor of a next of kin. (Bushe v. Wright, 118 App. Div. 320; affd., 195 N. Y. 509; Hart v. Goadby, 138 App. Div. 160; Buck v. Kelly, 108 Misc. 408; Matter of Meehan, 104 id. 219; Matter of Redfield, 71 Hun, 344; Duncan v.
Submit order on notice accordingly.