In re the Estate of Storrs
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
S. Samuel Di Falco, S.
The accounting executors and trustees request a construction of paragraph 2 of article tenth of the will, and in particular, a determination whether the remainder of each of the trusts therein created passes to the descendants of the primary beneficiary of that trust or to the descendants of some person other than such “ primary beneficiary ”. The testatrix was survived by two daughters, one of whom has three living daughters, the other having three living sons. The will treats the daughters on an equal basis, but it gives larger legacies to the three grandsons than…
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