Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Julius Lehrenkrauss and Another, as Executors, etc., of Wilhelmine Doring, Deceased, Respondents. Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Acting on Behalf of Stefan Woyczynski, Mayor o the Town of Tczew, Poland, Appellant; Frieda Hulda Leiding and Others, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1935-03
Citations: 243 A.D. 794
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Julius Lehrenkrauss and Another, as Executors, etc., of Wilhelmine Doring, Deceased, Respondents. Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Acting on Behalf of Stefan Woyczynski, Mayor o the Town of Tczew, Poland, Appellant; Frieda Hulda Leiding and Others, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 794–795

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Julius Lehrenkrauss and Another, as Executors, etc., of Wilhelmine Doring, Deceased, Respondents. Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Acting on Behalf of Stefan Woyczynski, Mayor o the Town of Tczew, Poland, Appellant; Frieda Hulda Leiding and Others, Respondents.

Opinion:
The decision of this court handed down on March 1,1935 [ante, p. 778], is hereby amended to read as follows: Appeal from a decree settling the account of the executors, from an order construing the eighth clause of the codicil to the will of decedent to be illegal and void, and from ah order denying motion to reopen the proceedings and for the issuance of a commission to take testimony. Decree of the Surrogate's Court of Queens county and order construing the eighth clause of the codicil to be illegal and void reversed on the law and the facts, with costs'to the appellant, payable out of the estate, the eighth clause of the codicil held to involve no ambiguity and the beneficiaries of the trust therein provided are sufficiently identified, the clause held valid and the matter remitted to the Surrogate's Court to enter a decree accordingly. Appeal from the order denying motion to reopen proceedings and for the issuance of a commission dismissed. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Tompkins, Davis and Johnston, JJ., concur.