Does a defendant, which has agreed to pay a certain sum to settle the damages claim of an estate subject to the approval of Surrogate's Court, have a right to appeal from the court's refusal to approve the settlement? This question arises in the county's appeal from an order of the acting Surrogate disapproving the petition of Dennis S. DeLong, as administrator of his wife's estate, to settle the liability of the County of Erie for his...
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