In re the Accounting of Turner

Pierson B. Hildreth, S.

Certain questions are presented in this proceeding for judicial settlement of the executor’s account.

Petitioner has petitioned the court for a judicial construction of paragraph numbered “ twenty-sixth ” of decedent’s will and codicil thereto, which provides: ££ twenty-sixth : It is my will that all legacies and devises and other gifts to beneficiaries under the preceding paragraphs of this Will be paid and delivered free and clear of any and all taxes or duties, including estate, inheritance, transfer, legacy, succession and death taxes, duties and rates, whether State…