In re the Accounting of Engelbach

Edgar F. Hazleton, S.

In this proceeding for a compulsory accounting the petitioner alleges that he is a creditor of the decedent, having earned some $5,500 by virtue of his services as a real estate broker. The executors had formally rejected

*831this claim, and now deny the allegations in the petition and affirmatively state that petitioner is not a creditor and that an accounting cannot be ordered, since the estate tax proceeding is not completed. In essence, the answer puts in issue the status of the petitioner and the timeliness of the application.

Regarding the first issue, the executors…