In re the Estate of Pinkney

Hetherington, S.

Decedent died December 7, 1937, leaving a last will and testament executed on October 16, 1936. By its *646terms his entire estate was left to his widow, except a parcel of realty located in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, which he devised to his two cousins, as joint tenants. At the time of his death the second half of 1937 land tax and an installment of mortgage interest remained unpaid. Pursuant to the terms of the will, the executor collected the rents and paid the aforesaid items as well as the first half of the 1938 land tax. Objector, one of the devisees, urges…