In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Ellis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Separate appeals by Eobert Ellis, as executor and trustee, and by Henry Burden and another, heirs at law and legatees, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Queens, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 6th day of November, 1913, judicially settling the accounts herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
The decree of the surrogate should be affirmed. The testator, who died in 1893, left a widow, three sons and a daughter his only heirs and next of kin, of whom all were then of full *426age and of sound mind. The will probated in that year devised all of his estate to this executor and to Brady in trust for the benefit of the widow for her life, and directed upon her death conversion into money as soon as practicable, provided the realty could be sold to advantage, and immediate distribution equally among the said sons and daughter. Brady died before entering upon any duties, and the…
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