In re the Accounting of the Public Administrator of Kings County

Nathan Sweedler, Ref.

On the 29th day of December, 1954, the Public Administrator of the County of Kings, as administrator of the estate of the above-named decedent, filed a petition and an account of his proceedings. In the petition, he alleged that the decedent’s distributees were unknown, and listed the names of 329 persons, who claim to be distributees of the decedent.

*643Thereafter, the matter came on to be heard before the Honorable MAXiBimrAisr Moss, Surrogate of Kings County. On January 16, 1956, the Surrogate made an order appointing the undersigned, “ As Special Referee to hear,…