In re the Estate of Rees

Foley, S.

The application to compel the executor to file his account is denied. The defense of the executor that the right of the petitioner, Anna Davies, to participate in any further distribu*813tion 'of the estate was terminated by her written agreement made on February 29, 1940, and the release and the receipt executed on April 1, 1940, simultaneously with the payment to her of $30,000 in full satisfaction of her share of the estate, is sustained. The release alone constitutes an effective bar to her right to compel an accounting. (Matter of Stone, 272 N. Y. 121; Matter of Schoenewerg, 277 id.…