Citation Numbers: 169 Misc. 904
Judges: Foley
Filed Date: 10/25/1938
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 2/5/2022
The application to strike out the answers and for summary judgment is denied. The action, which was transferred to this court by consent of the Supreme Court and consolidated with the pending accounting proceeding, was brought on a promissory note alleged to have been signed by the decedent. The answers put in issue the genuineness of the signatures of the decedent, lack of consideration (Dougherty v. Salt, 227 N. Y. 200) and other grounds of freedom of non-liability as against the estate. The relief sought here is based on alleged admissions of the validity of the debt made by one of the three executors. The other two executors vigorously, resist the claim and oppose this application. It is not clear from the papers submitted that the admissions or declarations constitute an unequivocal allowance of the claim by the single coexecutor who is the uncle of the claimant. Even if they did, the questions whether such allowance was negligent or
Submit order on notice denying the application accordingly. The order framing issues for the jury has been signed.