In re Estate of De Bernede

Application by Edward J. Le Breton, as executor, for distribution to ten nephews and nieces and two grandnephews and two grandnieces, all the “lineal descendants” of three predeceased sisters, in accordance with the provisions of the will or of the statute of distribution as the court' may determine to be the law in the premises.

The decedent left a will bequeathing all his estate to his three sisters, naming them, “in equal parts.”

The executor’s petition alleged, and the proofs on the hearing established, that at the date of the will all of testator’s *487three sisters were deceased, and had been…