Estate of Nolan

COOPER, C.

Appeal from order settling account of Mary Nolan as administratrix of the estate of James Nolan, deceased. The item of six hundred and twenty-five dollars, being the amount of family allowance for twenty-five months at twenty-five dollars per month, paid by the administratrix to herself, is the subject of contest.

Mary Nolan filed a petition in the superior court praying for letters of administration upon the estate of James Nolan, deceased, in which she alleged that she was the widow of said deceased. After notice given, an order was made appointing her administratrix of the said…