Straus Estate

Klein, J.,

— Emanuel Straus, testator, died in 1897, leaving an estate in excess of $600,000. Under his will trusts were created for his six surviving children, one of whom is still alive and for whom the trust continues.

*63Testator named as executors and trustees a son, Joseph, who died in 1907; a son-in-law, Samuel F. Nirdlinger, who died in 1918, and Arthur S. Arnold, who died in 1945. Mr. Arnold was a grandson of testator and also a beneficiary entitled to a share of the remainder. He served as fiduciary of his grandfather’s estate for almost 50 years and for more than half of this period,…