In re the Estate of Noel

Foley, S.

The principal issue in this accounting proceeding involves the disposition of the claim against the estate asserted by Ella C. Noel, the widow of the decedent, for the sum of $7,300. The claim is based upon a separation agreement entered into between the parties by which the husband obligated himself to pay to his wife the sum of fifty dollars per month for her support and for the maintenance of their infant daughter. The defense of the executors is that the wife breached the agreement in a material and important aspect by her refusal to permit the husband to visit his daughter under…