Martha D. Roderigas v. the East River Savings Institution, Appellant

Summary

The Court reversed the lower court's judgment, holding that letters of administration issued by a surrogate on the basis of sufficient proof of death are conclusive evidence of authority and that a payment made to an administrator appointed under such letters is not a defense to a suit to recover the deposit, even if the purported decedent later is found to have been alive. The decision was accompanied by a concurrence affirming the same result.