Brown v. McLoughlin

The accountants are the administrators with the will annexed of the estate of Jane E. McLoughlin. The will gave the residue of the estate to one Gaffney, who was not one of the heirs. Under an agreement of compromise, made August 13, 1930, a contest of the will was withdrawn, the will was proved, and the residue' of the estate was to be divided equally between Gaffney and *17the heirs. The State tax upon the succession by will to the residue of the estate (see G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 65) was paid by the accountants out of such residue before dividing it. The judge allowed the account, and the heirs…