In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Columbia Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Nathaniel Curtis, a legatee, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 25th day of June, 1918, settling the final accounts of the executor herein in so far as said decree approves the delivery to appellant by the executor of a specific legacy and credits the executor with the same.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The testatrix, who was domiciled in the city and county of New York, executed her will there, on the 20th of December, 1915, and a second codicil thereto on the 19th of December, 1916, in and by which she made a bequest to the appellant, as follows, viz.: “ First: I give and bequeath to my nephew, Nathaniel Curtis, all my clothing, jewelry and other personal effects, pictures, paintings, trunks and furniture, and other *379similar chattels, to be his absolutely, but in the confidence that he will dispose of the same in accordance with the understanding which exists between us.”
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