Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Everett S. Hiscox and Jesse P. Hiscox, Two of the Executors of the Will of David Hiscox, Deceased, Appellants. Harriet M. Hughes, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-11
Citations: 175 A.D. 941
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Everett S. Hiscox and Jesse P. Hiscox, Two of the Executors of the Will of David Hiscox, Deceased, Appellants. Harriet M. Hughes, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 175
Pages: 941–941

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Everett S. Hiscox and Jesse P. Hiscox, Two of the Executors of the Will of David Hiscox, Deceased, Appellants. Harriet M. Hughes, Respondent.

Opinion:
Decree of the Surrogate's Court of Suffolk county affirmed, with costs. We think that under section 2687 of the Code of Civil Procedure the'burden was on the executors to show good and sufficient cause why they should not satisfy the legacy of the petitioner, and that they failed so to do; that there was before the surrogate proof of the bequest in the evidence offered by the executors; and that the only adjudication in the action of Bawolle v. Hiscox, binding upon the petitioner here, was that her legacy was subordinate to the claims of the creditors of the testator. Jenks, P. J., Stapleton, Mills, Rich and Putnam, JJ., concurred.