134 Misc. 532 | N.Y. Sur. Ct. | 1929
The motion to dismiss the claim of the alleged creditor, William P. Meaney, asserted in this accounting proceeding, is denied. The Surrogate’s Court has ample jurisdiction to hear and determine the issues involved between the claimant and the estate. Recent authorities have vigorously sustained the grant of equity jurisdiction in accounting proceedings contained in section 40 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. (Matter of Raymond v. Davis, 248 N. Y. 67; Matter of Cook, 244 id. 63; Matter of Haigh, 125 Misc. 365; Matter of Coombs, 185 App. Div. 312; Matter of Beare, 122 Misc. 519; affd., 214 App. Div. 723.) Raymond v. Davis (supra) involved a claim of surviving partner for an accounting against the estate of the deceased partner. The Court of Appeals held that not only could an accounting be had but that the surrogate in the exercise of his equitable powers could direct the liquidation of the partnership ' assets. In the present proceeding the claim is asserted under an