In re the Estate of Wechsler

Foley, S.

This contested accounting proceeding involves objections filed to the accounts of the three trustees by Virginia W. Fields. Under the will she is entitled to a vested interest of one-third of the remainder, subject to the life estate of her mother, the widow of the testator. The two accounts were previously judicially settled by decrees dated respectively December 11, 1929, and July 13, 1932.

The application of the objectant here to vacate these decrees on the ground of fraud perpetrated by one of the executors and trustees, Ralph V. Wechsler, was granted in one of my previous…