In re the Estate of Levine

Wingate, S.

This is an application by the widow of the decedent, made under somewhat unusual circumstances, for the payment to her of the $300 cash exemption allowed her by section 200 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. The peculiarity of the proceeding resides chiefly in the time of the making of the application and in the person of the respondent therein.

The decedent died on July 8, 1935, and the probate of his will has been contested and is now pending and undetermined. On September twenty-fourth the present respondent was appointed the temporary administrator of the estate, The assets in his…