Estate of Finch

This appeal is from a decree approving the second current account of Mary L. Finch, executrix of the last will and testament of Allen Finch, deceased. Allen Finch died on the thirty-first day of December, 1914, leaving a last will and testament by the terms of which Mary L. Finch, the wife of said deceased, was devised and bequeathed one-half of the entire estate of the testator, and was also appointed executrix of his will; the appellants, J. A. Finch, Essie Sherewood, Jay A. Finch, and D. W. Finch, were each bequeathed the sum of $100; said appellant, W. G. Finch, was given $1,000, “through B. A. Finch as trustee”; the appellant, B. A. Finch, was given $3,000 with the express directions to pay to said J. A. Finch, who was testator’s father, the sum of $25 per month during the lifetime of the latter, and B. A. Finch was devised and bequeathed the rest and residue of said estate. After the filing by said executrix of said second current account and before the final hearing thereon, the appellants, Essie Sherewood, Jay A. Finch, and D. W. Finch, in consideration of the sum of $100 paid to each of them by the said Mary L. Finch, assigned and transferred to said Mary L. Finch all…