In re the Intermediate Accounting of Trachtman

Decedent’s widow and daughter are the two residuary legatees under his wiE, sharing the estate equaEy, except that the estate taxes are imposed upon the share of the daughter. Mother, daughter and an attorney are the three executors under the wiE. Three music pubEshing corporations, which had been wholly owned by the decedent, constitute the principal assets of the estate. Although the wiE was probated more than two years ago, distribution of the estate’s assets has been rendered impossible because of a stalemate resulting from a dispute among the executors as to the manner of disposing of…