In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Brown

Alfred Frankenthaler, Referee:

Stephen H. Brown died July 20, 1917. His last will and testament was admitted to probate August 13, 1917. The executors and trustees filed their accounting October 27, 1922. The special guardian representing infant remaindermen filed objections to the account. Three grounds are specified.

The first is that the accountants have failed to include as part of the estate the sum of $43,940.78 on deposit with Vernon C. Brown & Co. at the time of decedent’s death. The various letters which have been placed in evidence, written to the firm by the decedent during his…