Bradner v. . Faulkner

The surrogate and the supreme court have determined that Mrs. Faulkner was entitled to interest upon her legacy from the time of the death of her father, the testator. As the will is silent upon the subject of interest, and as the statute prohibits the payment of legacies until one year from the time of granting letters testamentary, and as the practice of the court, prior to the statute, allowed the same time to the executor, the decision of the courts below can only be justified by an express direction of the testator for an earlier payment, or by an implication from the provisions of the…