In re the Estate of Young

Nathan R. Sobel, S.

Incidental to the trustee’s final account, construction is requested of article eotjbth of testator’s will. This particular issue of law recurs with some frequency when the life income beneficiary outlives normal expectancy and survives the remaindermen.

Preliminarily it suffices to note that testator who died in 1901 left all of his estate to nonrelatives. Although married, he had been living apart from his wife and two children, whose whereabouts prior to and since his death have been “ unknown ”. A guardian ad litem represents them in this proceeding.

The main issue is…