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In the Matter of the Revocation of Temporary Letters of Administration upon the Estate of Harriet A. Curtis, Deceased. Harold E. Lippincott, Temporary. Administrator, Appellant; James E. Burr, Respondent. In the Matter of the Revocation of Temporary Letters of Administration upon the Estate of Harriet L. Curtis, Deceased. Harold E. Lippincott, Temporary Administrator, Appellant; James E. Burr, Respondent.
    
      Executors and administrators — Surrogate’s Court—jurisdiction — Surrogate’s Court without jurisdiction to appoint temporary administrator of estate of deceased resident of another county within state.
    
    
      Matter of Curtis (2 cases), 194 App. Div. 334, affirmed.
    (Argued June 7, 1921.;
    decided July 14, 1921.)
    Appeal, in each of the above-entitled proceedings, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 7, 1921, which reversed a decree of the New York County Surrogate’s Court refusing to vacate the appointment of a temporary administrator and directed the revocation of the temporary letters of administration. The Appellate Division held that the decedent in each proceeding was a resident of the county of Orange and the surrogate of the county of New York was without jurisdiction to appoint temporary administrators of their estates.
    
      William M. Wherry, Jr., Abram I. Elkm and Frederic E. Mygatt for appellant.
    
      John B. Stanchfield, William V. Saxe and Allen W. Corwin for respondent.
   Order in each case affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Chase, Hogan, Pound, McLaughlin and Andrews, JJ. Absent: Crane, J.