New York Court of Appeals October 24, 1899 (In Re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of Robinson)

Vann, J.

In a proceeding instituted in Surrogate’s Court for an accounting by executors and trustees, the surrogate upon his own motion appointed the appellant special guardian of two infants, each under the age. of fourteen, who had vested interests in a part of the estate, although the ultimate enjoyment thereof by them was contingent upon their surviving the life tenant.