In re the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Proceedings of Lester
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Alma Barton Strong Johnson, residuary legatee, and by George F. Chamberlin, as executor, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Saratoga, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 26th day of November, 1910, judicially settling the accounts of Willard Lester, as executor of and trustee under the last will and testament of Augustus Gerald Hull, deceased, which accounts were filed February 16, 1904. Appeal by Alma Barton Strong Johnson,…
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Appeal by Alma Barton Strong Johnson, residuary legatee, and by George F. Chamberlin, as executor, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Saratoga, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 26th day of November, 1910, judicially settling the accounts of Willard Lester, as executor of and trustee under the last will and testament of Augustus Gerald Hull, deceased, which accounts were filed February 16, 1904. Appeal by Alma Barton Strong Johnson, residuary legatee, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Sara-toga, entered in the office of said…
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
A. Gerald Hull of the county of Saratoga in this State died in February, 1893. He left .a will which was duly probated in the Surrogate’s Court of that county in March, 1894, succeeding a contest as to testator’s competency. He left no descendants. His wife had died in 1892. His sole heir at law and next of kin was one Sayre, a first cousin. The will after making certain bequests gave the remainder of testator’s' property to his executor, in trust, to receive the income therefrom and apply the same to the use and benefit of William R. and Leonora B. Strong, who were testator’s…
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