MATTER OF BRANCHE


22 A.D.2d 329 (1965)

In the Matter of the Accounting of Hazel B. Gass, as Administratrix of The Estate of Lillian I. Branche, Deceased, Respondent-Appellant. State of New York, Department of Mental Hygiene, Appellant-Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

January 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Winifred C. Stanley and Paxton Blair of counsel), for appellant-respondent.

John B. Mowry for respondent-appellant.

WILLIAMS, P. J., BASTOW, HENRY, NOONAN and DEL VECCHIO, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

The State of New York appeals from a decree disallowing a claim presented by it against the estate. In 1957 the decedent was committed to a State hospital and thereafter adjudicated by the Supreme Court to be an incompetent. The present administratrix was appointed committee of the incompetent's person and property. The latter consisted of some $5,600 in cash and a one-half interest in realty having a total...

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