Case Name: JOYCE, Administratrix, &c. against McGUIRE
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1887-06
Citations: 2 N.Y. City Ct. Rep. 422
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOYCE, Administratrix, &c. against McGUIRE.
Judges: 
Reporter: City Court Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 422–422

Head Matter:
City Court.
Trial Term
June, 1887.
JOYCE, Administratrix, &c. against McGUIRE.
Where a debtor pays the widow of an intestate a debt due the deceased, and she afterwards administers, the letters relate back and legalize the payment.

Opinion:
McAdam, Ch. J.
The rule is elementary that where the debtor pays the widow of an intestate the amount of a debt due the deceased, and she afterwards administers, the letters relate back and legalize the payment (2 Hill, 225; 8 Johns. 126; 1 Williams on Ex'rs, 240, 396-7; Farrell's Est., 1 Tucker, 110; and see cases cited in appellant's brief in 49 N. Y. 229).
Judgment for defendant, with costs.