In re the Estate of Nelson

Millard, S.

This is an application to compromise a claim for the wrongful death of this decedent and to distribute the proceeds ot settlement.

The decedent at the time of his death is alleged to have been an engineer in the employ of Agwilines, Inc., a foreign corporation, upon the steamship Brazos, a vessel engaged in interstate commerce. He met his death in the course of his duties while the vessel was being prepared in New York harbor for a voyage to the Gulf of Mexico. The surviving dependents are his widow and four minor children, one of whom was married and living apart from her family.…