In Re Estate of Bridge

Is a residuary legatee a necessary party to a proceeding by the executor for the construction of a will, the result of which might diminish the quantum of the estate passing to the residuary legatee?

Appellant, as the executor of decedent’s estate, filed a petition praying for a construction of decedent’s will, to the end that the legatees entitled to take under the second paragraph thereof be adjudged.

Paragraph two of the will reads as follows:

“I hereby will and bequeath unto the following named persons the amounts set opposite their respective names, provided, however, that if any of said…