Matter of Estate of Phoenix

McCARTNEY, Senior Judge.

Elmer Gravitt, a legatee of the Estate of Bessie R. Phoenix, deceased, sought to remove the coexecutors of the estate for purported self-dealing and for failing to realize income on his share. He appeals from rulings of the probate referee and of the district court which were adverse to his contentions. We affirm.

As this estate enters upon its seventh year, we are constrained to observe that it has begun to assume a characteristic of the family trusts described in Bleak House. 1

Bessie R. Phoenix died on July 21, 1986. Her will was admitted to probate. Bessie had four…