In re the Estate of Blake

William J. Regan, S.

Florence H. Blake died on September 26, 1968. Her will, dated June 1, 1954, was probated in this court on October 16, 1968. Pending before this court is the judicial settlement of the accounts of the executrix upon which a question has arisen as to the rights of Susan Blake Jones, a grandniece of decedent’s late husband, Edward J. Blake.

Edward J. Blake died on February 6, 1954. Susan’s grandfather, a brother of Edward, and Susan’s father, a nephew of Edward, both were dead at that time, which made Susan a grandniece and as such a distributee of Edward upon his death.…