In re the Estate of Rath

Fowler, S.

The testator in his will nominated and appointed the German Society of the City of New York as his executor, and the question presented to the surrogate is whether the German Society of the City of New York is authorized by its charter to act as executor of an estate.

The German Society of the City of New York was incorporated by a special act of the legislature passed April 6, 1904. This act was amended in 1909, and it now provides that the society shall have power “ to perform duties of every description as may be committed to it by any person or persons whatsoever * * * or by a…