In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Solomon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Congregation Talmud Torah Beth Avrohom, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Hew York, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 3d day of January, 1914, judicially settling the accounts of Caroline Solomon, as administratrix with the will annexed,'and also from the order confirming the report of the referee herein pursuant to which the decree was entered.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
In January, 1909, Klara Simon died, leaving a last will and testament, which bore date January third of the same year. So much of the will which bears upon the question to be considered is as follows:
“First. After my lawful debts are paid, I give and bequeath to the Talmud Thora, of The Bronx, on 146th Street, in the Borough of the Bronx, City of New York, the mortgage and bond for $10,000, now held by me against premises on 176th Street upon condition that the prayers for the dead be recited therein on all Jewish holidays, and that the said Synagogue maintain the perpetual…
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