In re the Estate of May

Wingate, S.

It is somewhat surprising, in view of the fact that the situation underlying the present proceeding must have arisen on numerous previous occasions, that the diligence of counsel and the independent research of the court have disclosed only a single reported adjudication in which a problem even remotely resembling the present was considered.

Elizabeth May, expressly acting in her capacity as administratrix c. t a. of the estate of Isaac May, presented a claim for upwards of $37,000 against the estate of Caroline May. This claim sought reimbursement for the support of the decedent’s…