In re the Estate of Bell
New York Surrogate's Court
1Opinion of the Court
Wingate, S.
Three questions of testamentary construction are submitted by the executors in their final accounting herein. The first relates to two trust legacies of $5,000 each, the first of which, so far as material, reads as follows:
“ Twenty-sixth. I give the Kings County Trust Company Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars, in trust, to pay the income to the Cranigill Methodist Church, Annaghmore, Portadown, Ireland, for the minister’s salary.”
A second similar provision is contained in the 27th item of the will, and is identical in wording except that the church referred to is Cuckle Hill…
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