Estate of Dam

THOMPSON (GEORGE H.), J., pro tem.

This is anappeal by Francis Herbert Dam as an heir at law of the above-named decedent and also as residuary devisee and legatee under the last will of said decedent, from the decree of partial distribution made September 22, 1931, in the matter of said estate. The appeal has been taken on the judgment-roll alone (that is, on the clerk’s transcript of the record in his office pertinent to said distribution and constituting the judgment-roll in such matter), and without a bill of exceptions or the transcript in lieu of a bill of exceptions under section 953a of…