In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Bloodgood
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Frances L. Martin from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Greene, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 17th day of September, 1917, settling the accounts of the executor and trustee herein.
1Opinion of the Court
Cochrane, J.:
By the will of Anthony Bloom, deceased, executed November 7, 1909, he bequeathed to his sister, the appellant herein, the sum of $1,000 absolutely. It was then provided as follows: “ Should the legacy of one thousand dollars herein above given and bequeathed to my sister, Lucinda Bloom [Frances L. Martin] be insufficient to comfortably support and maintain her, then and in that case, I hereby direct that sufficient to so comfortably support and maintain her shall be taken from my residuary estate hereinafter bequeathed annually during her natural life, and that said rest and…
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