In re the Estate of Sterns

The Surrogate.

The will, the subject of this contest, gives to a son, the executor named therein, the principal part of the estate of the decedent, charging him with the maintenance of the widow, the payment to her of a small annuity, and the payment of some inconsiderable legacies to the other heirs of the decedent. All the parties interested, except the executor and the widow, are contesting the probate of the will, and all concede the necessity of the appointment of a temporary administrator; the proponents urging the *273appointment of the executor, while all the contestants object, and urge…