Curran's Estate

Sinkler, J.,

At the audit of the trustees’ account, the petitioner, Laura L. Hill, who was the appointee of the testator’s widow in the exercise of her power of appointment given her under his will, asked that the accountants be surcharged in respect of certain investments which came into their hands from the testator’s estate, and certain other investments made by them. The greater part of the securities were repurchased by one of the accountants from the estate, leaving in controversy securities having a value of about $15,000. In the adjudication filed June 16, 1932, the auditing judge…