In re the Estate of Tummonds

Gilbert, S.

In this proceeding for the judicial settlement of the accounts of the executors of the above-entitled estate, which is insolvent, it becomes necessary to determine the validity of the claim of Cazenovia Seminary, founded on a written instrument executed by the decedent under the following circumstances:

On or about the 22d day of June, 1917, and during the course of a drive then being conducted in behalf of Cazenovia Seminary for the purpose of raising an endowment fund, the decedent executed an instrument in writing, of which the following is a copy:

“ $1000.00 Dated at Williamson,…