In re the Estate of Edwards

William T. Collins, S.

The court is called on in this proceeding to adjudicate the validity of the right of election interposed herein by decedent’s widow who is the life beneficiary of a trust of: “ one-third of my net estate after deduction of debts, funeral and administration expenses and any estate or other taxes which may be allocable thereto, it being my intention that the corpus of such trust shall be in amount equal to the intestate share as the same is defined in the Decedent Estate Law of the State of New York.” (Art. Fifth.) Upon her death the corpus passes to various named…