In re the Estate of Anderson

Delehanty, S.

Deceased was a seaman who died because the ship on which he had sailed from New York in February, 1942, was torpedoed in May, 1942, while en route to Buenos Aires. He lived in a furnished-room house operated by the petitioners who are shown by the proof to have had complete access to all his belongings. The petitioners seek to recover from the Public Administrator ten travelers’ checks worth $200 “ and also * * * certain salaries and bonuses ” paid after deceased’s death by the shipping corporation employing him to the United States Shipping Commissioner for distribution to the…