In re the Estate of Schwartz

Maximilian Moss, S.

In this executor’s accounting, the court is required to construe several articles of the testator’s will, fix the attorney’s fee, determine the manner of abatement of several legacies in order to provide funds necessary to pay administration charges and to pass on several other matters.

The testator died a resident of Kings County on the 12th day of September, 1957. He was survived by his widow who died on May 20, 1958. Although the testator had some cash funds at his death, the cash alone was insufficient to meet all necessary expenses of the estate’s administration.…