New York Court of Appeals
St. John Croft, as Executor v. Emma E. Williams, by Guardian
March 21, 188288 N.Y. 384
Summary
The Court affirmed the lower court's accounting, rejecting the executor's claim for a $2,000 personal loan, charging him for two sums he delivered to a co‑executor who misappropriated them, and for several other items of estate money he received but did not apply to the estate, while holding him not liable for a $1,167.77 purchase‑money receipt because his passive conduct did not constitute negligence.