A treatise on the practice in Surrogates' courts in the state of New York : with forms, adapted to the various duties thereof, under the late Revised statutes of the said state, and the amendments passed fifty-third session; including the law in relation to the powers and jurisdiction of Surrogates' courts, the rights and liabilities of executors and administrators, taken from the Revised statutes, with the principal decisions in the couts of law and equity, in this state, suits against executors and administrators, devisees and legatees. With a historical view of the origin of the probate of wills, granting letters of administration, and the office of surrogate in this state, and under British government.