Warren v. Paff

The Surrogate.

The testator died in the year 1839, and his will was proved shortly after his decease. The executors were authorized and directed to sell the real estate of the testator, but this power was.never exercised until the year 1856. In March, 1842, there was a final accounting by the executors before the Surrogate, and the personal estate being insufficient to pay all the debts, a dividend was declared, and the surplus remaining .in the hands of the executors, after discharging the expenses of administration, was directed to be .paid and dis*265tributed among the creditors. The decree…