Will of Forster

It is a rule of general, if not'universal, recognition that general bequests in a will draw interest from one year after the death of the testator “in the absence of a direction in the will controlling the general rule established by the courts, or other decisive indication in the instrument, interpreted in the light of the surrounding circumstances, of a different intention on the part of the testator. The will is to govern where it speaks upon the subject, and the time of payment may be accelerated or postponed at the will of the testator.” Wheeler v. Ruthven, 74 N. Y. 428. This rule has…