In re the Estate of McClure

John D. Bennett, S.

In this accounting proceeding, a proposed decree has been submitted containing a decretal paragraph providing that a portion of the distributive share to which Joseph G. McClure is entitled as a son of the decedent be paid to his judgment creditor, “based on the judgment obtained by 'him against the aforesaid distributee.”

While it has been held that a judgment creditor of a distributee or devisee should be given notice of a proceeding to sell the real property of the decedent (Matter of Townsend, 203 N. Y. 522), it does not necessarily follow that the decree must provide…