In re the Estate of Shardlow

Foley, S.

The question presented for determination in this accounting proceeding is whether or not any or all of three legacies in the respective amounts of $20,000, $20,000 and $1,000, bequeathed by the testatrix to Dr. James Leonard Whiteman, a stranger to her blood, lapsed by his death in her lifetime.

The will divides the legacies bequeathed by the testatrix into three separate and distinct groups or parts. Within the first group, under paragraphs second to twelfth, inclusive, are certain pecuniary legacies in varying amounts to charities, relatives and friends. Under paragraph ninth of…