In re the Estate of Droney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The executor of the will of Justina A. Droney died and the National Bank of Fredonia and John F. Sisley were appointed administrators with the will annexed. In the will the test atrix gave any portion of her estate remaining after her husband’s death “ to the surviving children of my three brothers, Fulton Ferris, George Ferris and Benjamin Ferris, and my sister Harriet Sisley, share and share alike.” This was a gift to the nephews and nieces of the testatrix per capita. (Stevenson v. Lesley, 70 N. Y. 512; Matter of Verplanck, 91 id. 439.)
The estate was administered and in a proceeding to…
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