In re the Estate of Karlen

J. Maynard Jones, S.

In this proceeding for the judicial settlement of the executor’s account,,objections have been filed which raise the question of the manner of computing the principal of a trust provided for the widow. The testator’s gift to the trustee by article III of his will was ” such part of my estate as shall be equal to the intestate share distributable to my said wife as determined by the laws of the State of New York in force and effect at the time of my death ”.

By a subsequent provision (art. IX), testator directed, “ all estate, transfer, inheritance, succession, revenue and…