In Re Swartwood Welsher Estates

In the course of a probate proceeding involving the joint administration of two estates, the administrator filed a claim on behalf of himself and another claimant against the consolidated estates, seeking to have certain real property, which had been inventoried therein, conveyed to the claimants in specific performance of a prior oral agreement alleged to have been had with a former owner of the property; or otherwise, to have the remainder of the estate awarded to the claimants in recognition of an alleged trust.

Subsequently, the administrator filed his final report and petition in the…