In re the Estate of Kahn

John M. Keane, S.

This construction proceeding has been transferred by the Supreme Court pursuant to SCPA 501 to the Surrogate’s Court.

Nature abhors a vacuum, according to the high school physics books of a generation ago, and since no will exists in a vacuum, the facts involved here are significant. The decedent, Algie R. Kahn, being about 57 years old, died August 26, 1911. Her will, which had been executed on November 10, 1909, was admitted to probate in this court on October 2, 1911. She left surviving a daughter, Nellie M. Reynolds, then 36 years of age, and a grandson, Charles L.…