In re the Accounting of McArthur

Dewell, S.

On the filing of his final account and in pursuance of section 227 of the Surrogate’s Court Act the executor has asked in this proceeding for a decree directing him as such executor to make and deliver to Frank E. Sears a deed to certain premises in accordance with a contract for the sale thereof made by the decedent. The facts are undisputed. On November 8,1920, Charles H. McLaughlin, the decedent, and his wife entered into a contract with Frank E. Sears for the sale of property located in the town of Putnam, Washington County, New York. The land was described as the home farm but…