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In re Morton

258 A.D. 840 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1939-11-22 English

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In the Matter of Harry E. Morton, an Incompetent Person. State Bank of Albany, as Committee of Harry E. Morton, an Incompetent Person, Appellant; Rachel Adeline Morton, Petitioner, Respondent; Veterans’ Administration, Respondent.

Appeal from an order of the Albany Special Term directing the committee of the incompetent husband of petitioner to pay her the sum of $1,500. Order unanimously affirmed, without costs, on the ground that since the court had jurisdiction over the property of the incompetent it possessed the power to provide

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for the maintenance of incompetent’s wife. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss and Foster, JJ.