Matter of the Estate of Ruggles

This is an appeal by creditors of the Ruggles estate from a portion of the order of the probate court which allowed the second annual account of the testamentary trustees, the appeal being limited to the sole question of the court's approval of the acts of the testamentary trustees in connection with a certain logging contract.

The testamentary trustees received the assets of the estate from themselves as executors upon the express condition that they were to be held in trust for the payment of certain debts before disbursements could be made upon charitable bequests or legacies. Upon the same…