Estate of Diggs, Matter Of

REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

At issue in this appeal is the efficacy of a judgment, challenged by 50 points of error, which amends the final account filed in, and orders the payment of a proportionate interest of, the estate of Dora Diggs, deceased. For the reasons to be stated, the points will be overruled and the judgment will be affirmed with damages.

The judgment was rendered after a bench trial on two consolidated actions. The first action was brought by ten of the twelve presently adjudicated heirs at law of the deceased — appellees Howard L. Preston, Dorothy Kate Cox, Leonora Cawthon,…