In re the Final Accounting of United States Trust Co.

Edgar J. Nathan, Jr., J.

This is a proceeding for the settlement of the account of a trustee. The trust having terminated,

*426the court is called upon to construe the trust instrument and to determine who is entitled to the distribution of the remaining principal.

By this agreement, dated December 12, 1919, the settlor, Josephine Brooks, established a trust for her son, Reginald Brooks, for his life. Upon his death the principal was to be divided into two equal parts, each to continue in further trust for the lives of each of Reginald’s two sons, David Brooks and Reginald Langhorne Brooks. The…