In re the Accounting of Bloch

Frankenthaler, S.

The court is asked to construe testator’s will to determine (1) whether the power to invade principal of *228the trust created thereunder may be exercised by a substitute trustee, (2) whether the private resources of the beneficiary must be considered in determining the extent of permissible invasion, and (3) whether a certain gift in remainder is vested or contingent.

After directing the payment, of two specific bequests to faithful employees, testator gave all of his personal effects to his widow. He bequeathed the residue of his estate to trustees, with directions to pay the…