In re the Estate of James

Foley, S.

The facts developed on the trial of this contested accounting proceeding are almost identical with those in Matter of Schoenewerg (277 N. Y. 424, affg. 160 Misc. 819) and with those in my decision in Matter of Blodgett (171 id. 596). They involve primarily the legal effect of a written agreement executed by a beneficiary approving an informal account and discharging the trustee.

Here, Fannie J. Anthony, the life tenant of the trust, died on October 13, 1935. Her daughter, the objectant, Helen Van Zile Anthony, became entitled to the entire remainder of the trust. The representatives…