In re the Accounting of Allan

Involved in this appeal by the widow’s executor is the question whether, having once filed a notice of election to take against her spouse’s will, the widow was thereby irrevocably bound, or whether she might thereafter revoke her election, even though the time for making an election had expired under the statute. By cross appeal, the petitioning executors raise the issue of the legal sufficiency of a claim by one of the legatees for reimbursement for services allegedly rendered for the benefit of all the beneficiaries.

Section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law is silent, not only on how and when…