Crandall, Exec. v. Crandall

The only question involved in this appeal is a narrow one: Did the Orphans’ Court for Somerset County have jurisdiction to determine the validity vel non of a release given by the appellee herein to the executor of, and residuary legatees under, the last will and testament of her deceased husband?

On November 13, 1947, Solomon S. Crandall executed a will in which he made certain cash legacies, and then gave the rest and residue of his estate to his daughter Janet and his son Hyman, whom he named to act as executor. On the first day of June, 1953, the testator and the appellee entered into an…