New York Surrogate's Court, 1926

In re the Estate of Fox

In re the Estate of Fox
New York Surrogate's Court · Decided February 24, 1926 · Brien
126 Misc. 767; 215 N.Y.S. 648; 1926 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 958

Counsel

Babbage & Sanders, for the executor., Joyce Bushel, special guardian., Coudert Bros., for the Novitiate of the Fathers of Mercy., Peck & Hancock, for St. Vincent’s Hospital., Eidlitz & Hulse, for Rev. William B. Martin., Amend & Amend, for the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis.

In re the Estate of Fox

Opinion of the Court

O’Brien, S.

The executor’s discretion to be exercised in carrying out the directions of paragraph second ” of the will was not controlled or limited by the language used in said paragraph or in the rest of the will. Failure to comply precisely and literally with the directions set forth therein by omitting the stones deemed to be “ imitation ” or damaged or of small value from the ostensorium is not such a variance from the directions of testatrix as will warrant the court’s disapproval of the account. Let the stones omitted *768and the ostensorium be delivered to the beneficiary and let the statement in Schedule E-l ” alleging the tender and refusal of the bequest be stricken from said account. Submit decree on notice.

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