Estate of Molteno

Allen, C. J.:

The administrator on this estate presented his account for allowances in which was a charge of coínmissions on the appraised value of a portion of a schooner belonging to the estate, and which the administrator had transferred to the guardian of the minor heirs. This charge was disallowed by Justice Hartwell sitting in Probate, and an appeal was taken from that decision.

The statute provides for the compensation of administrators by allowance of commissions for receiving and paying out moneys, and for actual expenses incurred. It is like the statutes of New York, differing only in…