New York Court of Appeals
Hannah Maria Caulfield, Appellant v. Algernon S. Sullivan, Public Administrator
April 19, 188185 N.Y. 153
Summary
The Court affirmed the lower court, holding that the universal legatee's acceptance of the French property satisfied her monetary claim against the estate, that the surrogate had jurisdiction to probate the foreign-language will, and that the translation and codicil were valid parts of the probate record.