In re the Estate of Leary

Harry G. Herman, S.

The question before the court in this accounting proceeding is whether eight persons, alleged to be first cousins, once removed, are the sole distributees of the decedent, who died on April 2, 1963. If Edward de Laureal Slevin, a first cousin born in 1865, survived the decedent, he would be the sole distributee, and the entire net distributable estate would be paid to him or deposited to his credit pursuant to section 273 of the Surrogate’s Court Act. If Edward de Laureal Slevin predeceased the decedent but was survived by issue who survived the decedent, such issue would…