In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of the of Smith

McCauley, S.

The validity of certain bequests to corporate legatees has been questioned, in the course of the administration of this estate, and it is now presented for my consideration and determination, as the first and more important question arising upon this accounting.

The testator made and executed his will on the 17th day of May, 1911, his death occurred two weeks later, on the thirty-first day of the same month. The bequests to the New York Bible Society, The Sheltering Arms of the City of New York, Home for Incurables, the Society of St. Johnland, Society for the Relief of the…