In re the Estate of Nathan

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

In this proceeding to judicially settle its intermediate accounts as executor and trustee under the decedent’s will, this court has been asked by the executor and trustee to construe paragraphs Sixth and Seventh thereof and to determine the legal effect of the widow’s exercise of her right of election.

Under paragraph Sixth of his will the decedent bequeathed unto his executor and trustee “ any moneys required, not however to exceed the sum of Eight Thousand ($8,000) Dollars, for the publication and advertising of a definitive, selected edition of my works ”. He then went…