In re Tripp

The incompetent’s aunt, of whose estate the incompetent inherited a one-fourth share, died on December 11, 1941. The incompetent’s committee was appointed on June 23, 1942. Although there was no committee in existence to obtain possession of the inheritance until after the repeal of the former section 24-a of the Mental Hygiene Law on May 8, 1942, never*37theless the inheritance vested in the incompetent upon the death of her aunt (Matter of Hilliard, 164 Misc. 677, 692; Matter of Cusimano, 173 Misc. 382, 383; 26 C. J. S., Descent and Distribution, § 65). Upon the death of her aunt the…