Chemical National Bank v. Butt

Allen, Referee.

This reference is one to hear and determine The action is by executors for a judicial settlement of their accounts and a determination of the issues requires a construction of the decedent’s will, which contains, amongst other provisions, the following:

“ Second. I bequeath to my relative, Madeleine Renard Roger, wife of Colonel Joseph Roger, of the French Army, an annuity for the term of her Ufe, of fifteen thousand francs, unless, before my death I shall have otherwise arranged to fulfill my promise so to provide for her; and I direct that my executors set aside, and retain so…