MATTER OF RICHMOND


276 A.D. 271 (1950)

In the Matter of The Estate of Harold A. Richmond, Deceased Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company et al., as Executors of Harold A. Richmond, Deceased, et al., Appellants-Respondents; May C. Richmond, Respondent-Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

January 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis T. Findlay and Paul Reid for executors-appellants-respondents.

Robert J. Moore, special guardian, appellant-respondent.

Walter J. Holloran for respondent-appellant.

All concur. Present — TAYLOR, P. J., McCURN, LOVE, VAUGHAN and PIPER, JJ.


VAUGHAN, J.

The questions involved upon these appeals relate (1) to the right of petitioner widow to elect to take an intestate share against the will of her deceased husband; (2) to the taxation of costs, and (3) to the refusal to grant petitioner an allowance as counsel fees. The executors and the special guardian for testator's son appeal from that part of the decree of the Niagara County Surrogate which determines...

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