Succession of Copeland

ST. PAUL, Justice.

This is an opposition to an executor’s account, and involves a long and somewhat involved accounting.

The executor was appointed by the widow; she left the disposable portion of her estate to one of her children, the balance to be divided amongst the three children of the marriage. Her estate consisted of her share in one piece of real estate acquired during the community, some pieces of furniture, and a claim against the executor personally; of which more hereafter.

Her husband, who died long before her, had also left three pieces of real estate, his separate property, of…