In Re Estate of Lee

— This appeal involves the propriety of a probate order authorizing distribution of a decedent’s estate to legatees during pendency of .an appeal to this court from a decree, disallowing the claim of objectors as creditors of the estate.

In 1943, objectors herein, Des Moines Bank & Trust Company, special administrator, and others, brought suit in equity in the district court of Appanoose County to recover a sum in excess of $3,000,000 from J. Ross Lee and others, and for other relief. In August 1946 while the action was pending Mr. Lee died, his will was probated, his widow appointed executrix…