Norris's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal is from the approval of a compromise agreement pursuant to section 40 of the Fiduciaries Act of 1917, P. L. 447, 508, 20 PS section 787. The section is in these words: “Whenever it shall he proposed to compromise or settle any claim, whether in suit or not, by or against a minor or the estate of a decedent, or to compromise or settle any question or dispute concerning the validity or construction of any last will and testament or the distribution of any decedent’s estate, the orphans’ court having jurisdiction of the accounts of the fiduciary shall be…