In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Brewster

Ketcham, S.

The petitioner presents releases by virtue of which he claims to be relieved from the duty of accounting to the beneficiaries of his several trusts.. The jurisdiction of this court to consider equitable defenses to these releases is within the text of the statute. It is provided by section 2510 of the C'ode of Civil Procedure that the surrogate may determine all questions, legal or equitable, “ arising between any and all of the parties * * * as to -any and

all matters necessary to be determined in order to make a full, equitable and complete disposition of the matter by such order…