Estate of Barnett

Two appeals are taken jointly from orders of the superior court sitting in probate in the manner of the settlement of the annual account of the trustee under the will of Melaneton Barnett.

The appellants are beneficiaries under the trust who objected to the settlement of the account upon the ground that a new trustee was substituted for the one named by the testator without their approval or consent. The respondent is a national banking association which, by numerous conveyances, has succeeded to all the business of the original trustee. These sales were all made with the approval of the state…