Case ID: misc2d_26/html/0978-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Maximilian Moss, S.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of the Estate of John Squadrito, Deceased.
    Surrogate’s Court, Kings County,
    October 11, 1960.
    
      
      Samuel Roth for petitioner. Louis Martone for Joseph Castellaneta.
   Maximilian Moss, S.

Petitioner seeks this court’s consent for leave to transfer an action commenced by respondent, Joseph Castellaneta, in the Supreme Court, Kings County, in which a corporation, several individuals and the administrator of decedent’s estate have been joined as defendants. The alleged cause of action consists of a claim based upon two promissory notes made by the corporation, each of which was indorsed by decedent in Ms lifetime, together with three other individuals as parties.

The recovery of a judgment against the legal representative of a decedent’s estate does not entitle the debt to a preference in payment over others of the same class (Matter of Nelson, 63 Misc. 627, 630; Matter of Bernard, 177 Misc. 712; Matter of Phillips, 169 Misc. 86; Surrogate’s Ct. Act, § 212, subd. 4). In addition, it appears therefrom that this court could not award to the plaintiff the complete r'elief to which he might be entitled. The application is therefore denied. Settle order on notice.