In re the Construction of the Will of Halstead

Edgar F. Hazleton, S.

The decedent herein, Elsie Patchen Halstead, died October 25, 1955, a resident of Suffolk County. Under the terms of article Eleventh of the will, a trust was established of the residuum of her estate, the income from which was to be paid to her son during his life with the corpus passing upon the son’s death to the trustees of the Columbia University of the City of New York. A parcel of realty located at Huntington Bay Village, Huntington, New York, was the subject of specific disposition under article Tenth, subdivision (b) of the will, which reads as follows: “ (b) I…