In re the Estate of Andrus

The executor herein has filed an account and petition for its judicial settlement. On the settlement, the court has questioned the propriety and indeed the legality of a certain compromise of claim as hereinafter discussed.

In the course of the administration, the executor has compromised, settled and paid one general creditor’s claim in the amount of $810. Under the schedule of administration expenses, other apparent creditors were paid sums which could not exceed $280.54 as general creditor claims. At least some part of these expenses may be properly expenses of administration. The executor…