In re the Probate of the Will of Cleveland

Joseph A. Cox, S.

This is a motion by the proponent in the pending proceeding for probate of the will to strike out the notice of appearance and objections filed on behalf of assignees of a distributee of deceased, namely his widow. It appears that the testator’s surviving spouse had assigned to one of the assignees a $30,000 participation in her husband’s estate which thereafter he assigned to the- other respondent to the extent of $25,000. The respondents both allege that they purchased the interest from the proponent in reliance upon her statement, made in good faith, that her husband had…