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Matter of Olvany

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 1, 1932
236 App. Div. 805 (N.Y. App. Div. 1932)

Opinion

October, 1932.


Order of the Surrogate's Court of Nassau county reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements to the appellants, payable out of the estate, and motion denied, on the authority of Matter of Brennan ( 251 N.Y. 39); Matter of Starbuck ( 221 App. Div. 702; affd., 248 N.Y. 555). The power of the surrogate to vacate the decree is limited by subdivision 6 of section 20 of the Surrogate's Court Act. The surrogate has no power to vacate a decree entered on default in order to determine whether judicial error has been committed. Lazansky, P.J., Young, Hagarty, Carswell and Tompkins, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Olvany

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Oct 1, 1932
236 App. Div. 805 (N.Y. App. Div. 1932)
Case details for

Matter of Olvany

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of the Proceedings…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Oct 1, 1932

Citations

236 App. Div. 805 (N.Y. App. Div. 1932)