In re the Estate of Fitzgerald

Appeal is taken by Erica Brooks and by Order Minor Conventuals, two of the legatees under the will, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Schenectady County, which, in a proceeding for the judicial settlement of the executors’ account, construed the will, settled the account and directed distribution.

The second paragraph of the holographic will, bequeathed “amt in Banks ” to be divided between the two appellant legatees, and the issue presented to the Surrogate and now submitted to us is the construction of that paragraph. The specific question is whether the bequest is limited to the…