In Re Quirin Estate

The Rockingham County Probate Court (Treat, J.) denied the petition of John E. Woodbridge and Thomas F. Fanelli for appointment as coexecutors and cotrustees of the estate of Louise W. Quirin and ordered New Hampshire counsel to prepare a list of three well qualified New Hampshire residents from which the court could select the coexecutors and cotrustees. The plaintiffs appeal these decisions. RSA 567-AT (Supp. 1975).

RSA 553:5 provides that “[n]o person not an inhabitant of this state shall be so appointed by reason of a right to such trust, unless other circumstances, in the opinion of the…