In Re Estate of Colton

This is an appeal from a decree of partial distribution given under the following circumstances. Contest having arisen over the will of Ellen M. Colton, deceased, all of the parties in interest compounded their differences and entered into a written agreement which provided for the distribution of the estate “after paying the debts, if any, of the decedent, and the necessary costs of administration.” Application for partial distribution was made upon behalf of Helene M. B. Saeher, to whom, under the agreement was to be distributed one-fourth of the estate. At the time of her petition for…