In re the Estate of Kupfershmid

Wingate, S.

This proceeding for testamentary interpretation is remarkable solely by reason of the fact that the contending parties have filed briefs aggregating ninety-nine pages in respect to the devolution of an estate whose total avails, subject to costs and expenses of accounting, are said to amount only to about $4,000.

The terms of the instrument, which is dated April 21, 1927, are attacked on the ground of their alleged infringement of section 11 of the Personal Property Law. The items of the will in question are numbered from second to eighth, inclusive. Their directions, in summary,…