In re the Accounting of Beecher

Frankenthaler, S.

The first question raised by the objections to the executors’ account relates to the meaning of the phrase “ funeral expenses and other debts ” as used by the testatrix. After making bequests of specific assets which constituted a substantial portion of her estate, the testatrix provided in paragraph sixth of her will as follows: “ I direct my executors to pay my funeral expenses and other debts out of the moneys which shall be on deposit to my credit in any bank or trust companies at the time of my death, and any sums remaining therefrom I give and bequeath ” in fractional…