In re the Estate of Harriman

Foley, S.:

This is an accounting of Joseph W. Harriman as trustee under he last will and testament of William M. Harriman. The question iirectly involved is whether the latter’s sister, Anna Ingland Van ensselaer, exercised a power of appointment over certain property iven to her by the testator’s will. The present case is a novel ne for I have been unable to find any decision in our State reports hich passed upon the exact issues, which are: Have the courts f New York exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a nonesident’s appointment of a power granted by a New York resident or is not a…