In re the Accounting of Fischer

Samuel Fails, S.

In this executors’ accounting proceeding the daughter, a residuary legatee, has interposed an objection to the personal claim interposed by the son, the other residuary legatee, one of the. accountants, for money advanced to pay a Federal tax deficiency.

A determination of said objection requires a consideration of Paragraph “ eighth ” of the will, which reads as follows: ‘ ‘ eighth : I direct that all transfer, succession or inheritance taxes upon my estate or any portion thereof or upon any legacy or devise hereunder, be a charge upon and be paid from my residuary estate.”

The…