In re the Estate of Hilton

Evans V. Brewster, S.

In this proceeding, a former wife of the decedent, as a person interested in the decedent’s estate as a creditor, seeks to compel the executors of decedent’s estate to render and settle an account of their acts and proceedings as such fiduciaries.

The executors have denied petitioner’s status as a creditor of decedent’s estate and have affirmatively raised the issue that the provisions of a judgment of separation upon which *761petitioner relies, contravenes the statutes of the United States and are illegal and void. Counsel have stipulated to the facts and the question of the…