In re the Estate of Williams

Maximilian Moss, S.

The successor trustee seeks construction of the testatrix’ will in the proceeding judicially to settle his final account in order to determine the disposition of the remainder of the principal of a trust of which a niece, Anna Newton Lewis, was the life beneficiary. The court is further *845required to fix the compensation of the attorneys for the successor trustee and determine the amount to be retained by the successor trustee to meet possible tax contingencies.

Under article “VI” of the will, testatrix created a trust of one half of her residuary estate and provided that upon…