Hall's Estate

Gest, J.,

The entire balance in the hands of the ancillary administrator was claimed by him as his own property, but as both the decedent and the claimant, who was her husband, were domiciled in New Jersey, the auditing judge awarded the balance to the executor at the domicile, so that all questions of ownership and distribution might there be raised. This was in accordance with the general rule upon the subject, and while, in exceptional cases, the court having ancillary jurisdiction will distribute the fund, the facts must be sufficient to require such exercise of its discretion. This case,…