In Re Estate of Bristle

The appeal is by some of the legatees under the last will and testament of George Bristle, Jr., deceased,, from so much of a decree of the Prerogative Court as preserved the following allowances theretofore made in the Camden County Orphans Court: to the executor $16,946.85 commissions on the corpus of the estate, to Prank S. Norcross, proctor for the accountant, $6,000, and to Edward T. Curry, proctor for two legatees absent in the military service, $500.

The gross estate (corpus) for which the executor accounted was $484,195.94. The statutory authority for the allowance of commissions to the…