Sol #1221 — Jimeson v. Lehley: Seneca estate appeal to Nation council, not a village lease

Finding #1221 recovers the original Page Jimeson v. Frank Lehley and Harry Logan, 51 Misc. 352–355 (Erie Special Term, August 1906). The 1929 hearing list prints “Jimeson v. Lehly” among Seneca lease decisions. It is not an Allegany village-lease case.

Matilda Jimeson died intestate December 20, 1904. The Nation’s surrogate appointed Frank Lehley and Harry Logan administrators. Plaintiff Page Jimeson — whose marriage to Matilda the court treated as claimed, not established — sought equity revocation of their letters rather than using the Nation’s own appeal route.

The Seneca Nation’s revised constitution of November 15, 1898 created the surrogate court; New York chapter 252 of 1900 ratified it. Appeal ran to the Nation council. The Supreme Court dismissed the complaint on the merits, with costs — without deciding marriage, every beneficiary, or any dollar distribution.

Separations: estate-procedure ≠ village lease; “Lehly” list spelling ≠ original Lehley; claimed marriage ≠ established; this 51 Misc. opinion ≠ the unlocated miscited “Seneca Nation v. Lehly, 65 Hun 83.” Source: 1906-jimeson-lehley-seneca-surrogate-appeal.

sol1221estatenot-lease