In re the Estate of Martin

Lewis W. Olliffe,

Justice of the Supreme Court and Acting Surrogate.* The testator herein died in 1959 leaving surviving his widow and three children. His will, which was probated, gives one half of his net estate to his widow and one half to the Martin Foundation, Inc., a charitable corporation. He nominated as his executors his widow, his daughter, Jane Martin Ginsburg, her husband, Arnold L. Ginsburg and former Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, all four of whom qualified and are still acting as such executors. The estate is valued at several million dollars.

Differences of opinion arose during the…