In re the Estate of Ryder

The proceeding was instituted by petition of Anna F. Dromgoole, one of the executors, to the surrogate, setting forth the death of the testator, the probate of the will, the qualification of the executors, that the petitioner and Sarah E. Hall were the only children of the testator, and the claim of the petitioner against the testator, and praying that a citation issue to the co-executor and Sarah E. Hall to “ attend the proof of the said claim before the surrogate.” The citation was issued and served on the persons named, ■and on the return day Sarah E. Hall put in an answer denying the…