Case Name: Matter of the Estate of George Zeuschner
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1888-03-09
Citations: 15 N.Y. St. Rep. 744
Docket Number: 
Parties: Matter of the Estate of George Zeuschner.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 15
Pages: 744–745

Head Matter:
Matter of the Estate of George Zeuschner.
(Surrogate’s Court, New York County,
Filed March 9, 1888.)
Executors and administrators—Accounting of—Petition for by creditor under Code Civil Procedure, § 2726.
It is provided by Code Civil Procedure, § 2726, that in certain cases a petition praying for the judicial settlement of an account and that the executor or administrator may he cited to show cause why he should not render and settle his account, may be presented by a creditor. Held, that to entitle a person to the benefit of that provision the petition should show the nature and character of the debt claimed to be due to the petitioner, the amount thereof and when the same became due and payable.
John E. Murray, for Anna E. Kurz; Kurzman & Geaman, for ex’r’x.

Opinion:
Ransom, S.
—A petition is presented in this proceeding in behalf of Anna E. Kurz and verified by her attorney, to the effect that the allegations of the same are true to his own personal knowledge, except such as are stated on information and belief and as to those he believes it to be true._ It nowhere appears in the petition that the petitioner is a creditor of the deceased. The bare statement therein as follows: " The petition of Anna E. Kurz, a creditor of the above named estate," etc., is not sufficient to-establish any right in her under section 2726 of the Code, which provides that an executor or administrator will be cited to show cause for the judicial settlement of an account by a creditor or a person interested in the estate, etc. The petition should disclose the nature and character of the debt claimed to be due from decedent to the petitioner, the amount thereof and when same became due and payable.
Motion denied.