Opinion
Argued November 21, 1938
Decided January 10, 1939
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
Thomas E. White, R. Elliott Davis and John M. O'Rourke for appellants.
James F. Donohue, special guardian, respondent.
William A. Gillcrist and James A. Clark for Veterans Administration.
Orders of Appellate Division and of Special Term reversed, with costs in all courts payable out of the estate of the incompetent, and proceedings remitted to the Supreme Court, Westchester county, for entry of appropriate order. (See Matter of Smith, 279 N.Y. 479.)
Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN and FINCH, JJ. Dissenting: RIPPEY, J.