In re the Estate of Weinstein

Henderson, S.

The widow makes this application for her appointment as temporary administratrix with limited letters for the sole purpose of prosecuting a cause of action to recover damages for causing the decedent’s death. Such damages are exclusively for her sole benefit, subject only to the payment of the reasonable expenses of the action or its settlement, the legal representative’s commissions, and the amount, if any, by which the decedent’s assets are insufficient to pay the decedent’s reasonable funeral expenses. Such funeral expenses are preferred in payment out of decedent’s assets…