In re the Estate of Sparrow

Otto C. Jaegeb, S.

In this trustees’ accounting proceeding, petitioner has requested the court to determine the effectiveness of assignments of their interest in decedent’s estate made by certain of decedent’s first cousins.

Decedent died on May 21, 1932 leaving a will and codicil which were admitted to prolate on June 28, 1933 under a special decree after the compromise of objections. Under article Fifth of the will, as compromised, decedent established a trust of personal property under which the income was to be paid successively to his wife and daughter, Dorothy Sparrow Best, for life, and…