Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of A. A. Armitage, Executor, etc., of Perry A. Hull, Deceased
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-03-23
Citations: 254 A.D. 615
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of A. A. Armitage, Executor, etc., of Perry A. Hull, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 615–615

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of A. A. Armitage, Executor, etc., of Perry A. Hull, Deceased.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decree of the Surrogate's Court of Rensselaer county, made and entered on October 1, 1937, allowing a claim of $500 and interest filed by William H. Hull, a brother of decedent. The claim was based upon a promissory note executed and delivered by decedent to claimant sometime before Ms death. The representative of the estate set up the defenses of forgery and failure of consideration. Decree unanimously affirmed, with costs to all parties filing briefs, payable out of the estate. Present — Hill, P. J., MeNamee, Crapser, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.