In Re the Estate of Thompson

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court disallowing certain items in the final account of an executrix. Mary E. Thompson died testate October 2, 1926. In her will she devised and bequeathed substantially all of her estate to Nellie E. Jones, who was named as executrix. During the course of the administration, George F. Brown filed a claim against the estate, asserting a right to all of the property thereof by virtue of a contract which the decedent, during her lifetime, had made with him. The claim of Brown was disallowed, and thereupon an action was brought and a judgment…