Case ID: ad_259/html/1020-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(June 3, 1940.)
    In the Matter of the Appointment of a Committee of the Estate of Morris Gootoff, an Alleged Incompetent Person. Bernard Gootoff, Appellant; Dr. Charles H. Bellinger, Superintendent of Brooklyn State Hospital, and Henry A. Cornell, as Committee of Morris Gootoff, an Alleged Incompetent Person, Respondents.
   Appeal from an order adjudging Morris Gootoff an incompetent person, appointing a committee of his estate and directing the committee to perform certain acts. On argument, order, in so far as appealed from, reversed on the law and the facts, with ten dollars costs and disbursements to the appellant, payable out of the estate, and the matter remitted to the Special Term for the purpose of making a further inquiry as to the qualifications of the relative claiming the right to the appointment as committee. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Johnston, Taylor and Close, JJ., concur.