Lefevre's Estate

Smith, P. J.,

Exceptions have been filed to the distribution ii this estate. At the audit, no witness was called in support of exceptant’s con tention, but counsel made a statement. When such statements are made witl the approval of contending parties, as was here the case, they are accepted as admissions, and facts thus submitted are believed to have been stated witl more dependable care and accuracy than often comes from the witness-stand

The testator bequeathed $1200 to each of his four sisters (quoting from th< *655statement) : “They accepted $720 each in payment of this legacy. The pertinence…