MATTER OF DOWNS


13 Misc.2d 742 (1958)

In the Matter of the Construction of the Will of Lillie J. Downs, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Nassau County.

October 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silverstein & Levitt for petitioner.

Ward R. Burns for executor and trustee.


JOHN D. BENNETT, S.

This is an application for a construction of the will of the decedent and a direction to the trustee to pay the petitioner, who is the widower of the testatrix, and named as a life beneficiary in a trust comprising one half of the residuary, the sum of $7,000 from the trust principal, or, in the alternative, to invade the trust principal for the petitioner's benefit to the extent of at least $250 a month.

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