Vernet v. Williams

The Surrogate.

I am asked to determine from what period interest should he computed upon a certain legacy bequeathed by the will of this testator to his daughter, Mrs. Vernet. It is not claimed, by counsel for the legatee, that there is any feature in this case which takes it out of the operation of the general rule, that interest does not begin to run on a legacy until a year after the death of the testator, unless he has given, by his will, an express or implied direction for an earlier payment of such interest, or of the legacy itself. But it is insisted that such a direction has here been…