In re the Accounting of Snow

Wright, S.

This proceeding concerns the account of proceedings of the legal life tenant and executor.

The objectant claims that “ upon the death of the testator Ora S. Snow, his wife was under the duty to convert the cattle into cash, and, having the right to take only the income from the capitalized cash, was under the further duty to account for i.e., turn over, the cash principal or invested principal to the remainderman, upon her death ”.

There are two principal questions to consider. Was the life tenant given the use of livestock as such or should she have converted the cattle into cash? If…