In re the Estate of Mahoney

F. Warren Travers, S.

This is a proceeding brought by James. E. Brearton, executor of the last will and testament of Michael A. Mahoney, for a construction of paragraph "ninth” of said will, and also a determination as to whether the bequest therein is a specific or general legacy.

The last will and testament of decedent, dated August 21, 1974, and a codicil thereto, dated March 3, 1975, were admitted to probate in this court on September 24, 1975.

Paragraph "ninth” of the will reads, "I give and bequeath to Edward H. Eagle of 4 Sylvan Lane, Troy, New York the sum of two thousand ($2,000.00)…