Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-01
SAYS DURYEA OWED
ESTATE $4,000
Sisters Objections to His Ac-
counting as Executor OF
Fathers Will Sustained
MEATH FOLLOWED DECISION

Nsv York, Aug. 1.-The fact that
fbe accounting Of the late Harry IL.
Durvea. as one Of the executors OF the
Z, 0oo. 900 estate Of his father, General
Hiram Duryea, had been the subjSt
a affections by his sister, Mrs. Ellery
n. Anderson, Of 115 East Eighty-sec-
ond street, was revealed yesterday. =,
The fact that Mrs. Anderson mad
raised objections to the accounts OF her
Cornelius J. Van Brunt. lawyer. Of
General Duryea's estate, was disclosed
by The records of the Office Of Surrogate
Timothy d. Sullivan, OF Hamilton
County, n. Y.
Other Objections Filed
Objections to the accounts were also
a,ed with the Hamilton County Surro-
rate BY the Franklin Trust Co. and Jo-
i.enh Brewster, attorney, Of 10 Broad
Eay, The trust company appeared as
agent for Chester Is. Duryea. insane
ton of General Duryea, who shot and
killed his father in Bay Ridge In 1914
and was later committed to Mattea-
wan.
Mr.. Brewster, according to the Sur
guardian Of Hcndrick V. Duryea, son
OF Harry II. Duryea.
According to the records, Mr.. Duryea
arst filed an accounting Of his fathers s
estate on October 27, 1918, little more
chan four years after the Generals
death. Objections to the form of the
accounting which were
described yesterday as technical---were
at once offered by Mrs. Anderson, who
said that the form of accounting failed
70 make clear which was principal and
which was income of the estate.
In the wording Of her filed objection,
she objects to the statement Of the
balance alleged to be due to Harry II.
Duryea, and alleges that the statement
Of said balance still due Is incorrect,
and that there has been a large over
payment made by said executors to said
Harry II. Duryea on account of any
amount due to him under the provisions
Of article fourth of said will"
Legacy In Peculiar Form
This, according to the statement OF
Mr.. Anderson, who spoke for his wife
at their home in Hampstead, referred to
legacy Of peculiar form made in the
generals will to Harry II. Duryca. The
general provided that all sums he had
given Chester b. Duryea should, when
bis will was executed, be considered
"advancements," and that their sum
should be totaled as the amount of
legacy he devised for Harry II. Duryea.
Mr.. Anderson said that in his account :
ing Harry Duryea estimated the amount
due as something like Sill 900, while
Mrs. Anderson's contention was that
about 100000 was the total of the
legacy.
Mrs. Anderson document Of obiec
tion set forth that instead of anything
being due to Harry II. Duryea from the
estate there are large and substantial
amounts due to said executors by said
Harry H. Duryea."
Among other items in her original oh :
lection, Mrs. Anderson recited that
bonds belonging to the estate were sold
to MIR. Duryea by the eXecutors-him
self one of them-for q price of 500. :
034.70. She objects to the sale and the
prices received by the estate. Accord :
ing to her objections. the bonds in oues :
ton were bonds Of the American Wood
Working Machinery Co. and of the
West Shore Railway. Mr.. Duryea was
director of the first named company.
In her objection Mrs. Anderson nj
legged that expenses of keeping up the
Hamilton County home Of the general
which she put at $7S39.S0, were pait
by the estate when they should hav,
been paid by Harry II. Duryeu.