Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of William G. Wood, as Administrator, etc., of Theodore F. Bayles, Deceased, Respondent. Blanche Freeman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1918-10
Citations: 185 A.D. 936
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of William G. Wood, as Administrator, etc., of Theodore F. Bayles, Deceased, Respondent. Blanche Freeman, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 936–937

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of William G. Wood, as Administrator, etc., of Theodore F. Bayles, Deceased, Respondent. Blanche Freeman, Appellant.

Opinion:
Decree of the Surrogate's Court of Westchester county in so far as appealed from reversed, and claim of appellant remitted to said court for a new trial there, costs to abide the event, upon the ground that the testimony of the claimant's husband was not incompetent under section 829 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as under his version decedent's promise was to pay the claimant alone, and, therefore, the husband was not interested in the event of the action that is the out come of her claim. Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Mills, Kelly and Jaycox, JJ., concurred.