In re Estate of Butler

OPINION

By BARNES, J.

The above entitled cause is now being determined as an error proceeding by reason of Lewis C. Freeman’s, administrator with the will annexed, appeal on questions of law.

The cause originated in the Probate Court of Franklin County, Ohio, on exceptions to the first account duly filed by devisees and legatees of Henry V. Butler, deceased.

Henry V. Butler died testate on February 29, 1936. The decedent had never been married; was approximately seventy-five years of age and died very suddenly by reason of an injury sustained in a fall the day previous to his death.

The decedent…