In re the Accounting of Allan

In this accounting proceeding commenced by the executors under the will of Adrian Bussell Allan, respondents herein, the executor under the will of Allan’s widoiv appeals by permission of the Appellate Division. The courts below have dismissed as insufficient on their face appellant’s objections to the account. These objections challenged the validity of an instrument executed and filed by the widow, Helen H. Allan, which withdrew a prior notice of the exercise of her right of election under section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law.

The value of the widow’s interests under the will totaled…