In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Caleb Randall (Now Deceased), as Administrator of the…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that a Surrogate's Court lacks authority to set aside or invalidate a written assignment of a distributive share on the final settlement of an administrator's accounts, requiring such disputes to be resolved by a court of equity. The appellate court reversed the lower courts' decree and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this limitation.