Christiana v. Ryerson

The executors of the estate of Mary Ryerson Butin, deceased, have appealed from two separate orders of partial distribution to Yera V. Ryerson, a niece of the decedent and a legatee under the will. The first order, dated February 28, 1946, distributed to the niece the sum of $12,000. The second order, dated May 11, 1946, distributed to the niece, as residuary legatee, real and personal property, reserving sufficient funds with which to close the administration of the estate, and a sum, “not to exceed” $35,000, for the construction of a monument “to the memory of all those who . . . strove to…