Helene Walter, one of the three residuary legatees, predeceased the testatrix. She was related to the testatrix by marriage, and the legacy, not being within the scope of section 29 of the Decedent Estate Law, will have lapsed unless the testatrix has, by implication, made a substitutional gift to the issue of Mrs. Walter. The accounting executor requests a construction of the will in this respect. The daughter of the deceased legatee...
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