In re the Estate of Runals

Edward M. Horey, S.

Petitioner seeks a final judicial settlement of its accounts as executor under the last will and testament of Arthur L. Runals, deceased. As a part of the judicial settlement, petitioner requests this Surrogate’s Court to direct by appropriate order that future payments of support to decedent’s surviving first wife be made an obligation of the trustee of decedent’s residuary estate and payable from the income and, if necessary, the principal of that residuary trust.

It appears without dispute that by an agreement dated October 10, 1952, decedent assumed an obligation to pay…