Bixby v. Chickering

PATROSSO, J. pro tem.*

This is an appeal by Fred H. Bixby, Jr., from portions of the order settling the third and final account and decree of final distribution in the above named estate.

The decedent Fred H. Bixby died testate May 17, 1952. He left an estate of the appraised value of $4,567,493.56, the principal asset thereof being 38,775 shares of the capital stock of the Fred H. Bixby Company, appraised at $4,340,560. The deceased was survived by his spouse Florence G. Bixby and by four children, Katherine Bixby Hotchkis, Florence Elizabeth Bixby Janeway, Deborah Bixby Green and Fred II.…