In re the Estate of Hartford

Foley, S.

The question herein involved is whether this court has jurisdiction to appoint a temporary administrator of assets within the county of New York where a contested probate proceeding is pending in a foreign state and no ancillary or original proceeding is pending here. The will of decedent filed in California is contested, and delay will necessarily occur in the grant of letters. The Independent Order of Foresters, a creditor, applies to intervene in the proceedings and *640asks for the same relief. That organization is plaintiff in an action brought in the Supreme Court, New York county,…