138 N.Y.S. 59 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1912
The amended decree of the Surrogate’s Court, of which appellant, George Troppman, seeks a review on this appeal, among other things judicially settled the accounts of Franciska Hourt, as the administratrix of the estate of George Heldmann, deceased, adjudged that deceased left an estate of inheritance, that Appolonia Weigart was “ the- only hem at law” of deceased, and directed the administratrix to pay forthwith the balance of the estate, the amount of which was fixed and determined thereby, to the attorney in fact of the said Appolonia Weigart. As stated in the opinion of this court, delivered when the appeal of the administratrix from this decree was disposed of: “ Decedent’s only property was a deposit to his credit in the Buffalo Savings Bank. The principal issue litigated in the proceedings was whether he had
The motion to dismiss this appeal is made on the ground that it was not taken within the time prescribed-by law. It is conceded that a copy of the amended decree .was in fact served upon Mueller, the attorney for the administratrix, and Troppman, in August, 1910j. with a notice of entry thereof.
This notice was as follows: “Notice of Entry. Take notice that an order of which the within is a copy was duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the Surrogate’s Court of the County of Erie N. Y., on the 15th day of August, 1910. '
“Dated at Buffalo, N. Y., August 16th, 1910.
“ To John F. Mueller, Attorney for Franciska Hourt.
“Harry Forrester, Attorney for Appolonia Weigert, Office and Postoffice address, 845 Ellicott Sq., Buffalo, N. Y.”
The administratrix then appealed to this court with the' result above stated. After the decision of that appeal Troppman, by his attorney, sought to serve upon the attorney for the next of kin a notice of appeal on his behalf from the same decree, together with notice of exceptions and undertaking. Nearly
I think the service of copy decree with the notice of entry thereof as made was sufficient for the purpose of limiting the time within which Troppman as well as the administratrix could appeal to thirty days after such service. To hold otherwise would, as it seems to me, be by an arbitrary construction to nullify the Code provisions referred "to. This appeal not having been taken till long after the thirty days had expired, the motion to dismiss the appeal should be granted, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.
All concurred.
Appeal from decree made August 10, 1910, dismissed, with ten dollars costs.