In re the Estate of Abramowitz

Wingate, S.

The facts in this proceeding are not in dispute. The decedent was the owner of twenty-four and one-third out of twenty-five shares of the capital stock of a domestic corporation. This corporation was the record owner of considerable real property and its assets comprised substantially all of the valuable property which he owned in his lifetime. On his death the person appointed administrator of his estate claimed personal ownership of these shares and a statutory distributee employed the presently petitioning attorneys to institute the proceedings necessary to bring this stock…