In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Hirshon

This is an appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court, New York county, involving the construction of the will of Charles Hirshon, and objections filed to an accounting of his trustees. The testator was survived by his widow and six children, five children of a previous marriage, and one (Beatrice H. Gerstman) a child of the second marriage.

We deem it necessary to discuss only the issues raised by the construction of that part of paragraph fourth of the will which provides for the payment of $25,000 per annum to the testator’s widow and the balance to his children.

Paragraph fourth provides…