In re the Estate of Cokefair

Foley, S.

A question of construction is raised in this trustees’ accounting. The testator died in 1933 and by his will created a trust of his residuary estate for the life of his widow. On the death of the widow the will directed the trustees “ to pay, convey, assign, set over, and deliver the principal ” of the trust in various fractional shares aggregating fifteen-twentieths of the corpus to specified legatees with various substitutional gifts in the event of the death of the legatee. The will then made a gift of “ the remainder thereof ” (the remaining five-twentieths) to such persons as…