In re the Estate of Clark

The People appeal from a decree of the. Surrogate of Monroe County which grants the application of Clarence A. Smith, as administrator of the goods, chattels and credits of Joseph H. Clark, deceased, for an order to mortgage, lease or sell the real property of the deceased at private sale, in the discretion of the Surrogate, for the purposes of distribution, payment of the expenses of administration and debts and for the best interests of the estate under the provisions of section 234 of the Surrogate’s Court Act.

The decedent concededly died at Rochester on January 10, 1946, leaving him…