In re the Accounting of Bank of New York

This is an appeal from a decree construing the will of the decedent so as to include grandchildren within the definition of ‘ ‘ children ’ ’ in the gift of a remainder. The will was executed in 1923.

The will, after making several bequests, including a provision for a division of “ the rest of my jewelry ” equally between the two granddaughters of the testatrix (paragraph Sixth), contains the following language: ‘ ‘ Seventh : I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my property, both real and personal, wheresoever the same may be found, to my executors, hereinafter…