In re the Accounting of Endicott Trust Co.

Roy M. Page, S.

The issue of construction herein is in relation to the devolution of certain shares of stock bequeathed in and by several of the dispositive paragraphs contained in the will of the above-named decedent. That is as to whether, in legal effect, such provisions are classifiable as specific or general legacies. Those in question are included in the following:

‘ ‘ Fifth. I give and bequeath to my niece, Hazel M. Styers, Seventy-five shares (75 sh.) of common stock of General Electric Company, to be hers absolutely and forever.

“ Sixth. I give and bequeath to my niece, Elma T. Pike,…