In re the Estate of Green

Feely, S.

The question here is whether, on this final judicial settlement, the proceeds of a sale of decedent’s real estate in this State, conducted for the purpose of paying the New York transfer tax, and certain debts and expenses incurred in administering the estate of the decedent in Ohio, and for the purpose of distribution among non-resident heirs, can be applied to the payment of a sum adjudged by a Probate Court in Ohio to be due to Harry R Scobie for legal expenses of conducting a litigation in Ohio wherein he, as Ohio administrator of this decedent, undertook to recover certain money…