Estate of Burnett

The executor of the last will of the decedent herein appeals from a judgment and decree of the probate court ordering payment of claims against the estate and embodying certain instructions to the executor. The appeal is taken upon a bill of exceptions and is in reality only an appeal from that portion of the decree which seeks to subject the proceeds of certain insurance policies to the payment of creditors’ claims.

The deceased was insured under three policies of life insurance, his estate being named beneficiary thereof. Just before he died, Mr. Burnett, the decedent, wrote to the head…