Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Proceedings of Adam C. King, Albert J. Seligsberg and Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, as Executors, etc., of. William Rice Hochster, Deceased, Respondents. Title Guarantee & Trust Company and Jeannette Hahlo, as Trustees, etc., of William Rice Hochster, Deceased, and Jeannette Hahlo, Individually, Respondents; Geraldine E. Blume and William R. Blume, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-01-30
Citations: 256 A.D. 844
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Proceedings of Adam C. King, Albert J. Seligsberg and Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, as Executors, etc., of. William Rice Hochster, Deceased, Respond ents. Title Guarantee & Trust Company and Jeannette Hahlo, as Trustees, etc., of William Rice Hochster, Deceased, and Jeannette Hahlo, Individually, Respondents; Geraldine E. Blume and William R. Blume, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 844–845

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Final Account of Proceedings of Adam C. King, Albert J. Seligsberg and Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company, as Executors, etc., of. William Rice Hochster, Deceased, Respond ents. Title Guarantee & Trust Company and Jeannette Hahlo, as Trustees, etc., of William Rice Hochster, Deceased, and Jeannette Hahlo, Individually, Respondents; Geraldine E. Blume and William R. Blume, Appellants.

Opinion:
In an accounting proceeding in the Surrogate's Court, Westchester county, the appellants, general legatees, object to the executors' account as filed. The estate did not yield enough to satisfy the widow's elective share and to pay all the bequests made in the will. The executors, after paying the widow's share, paid the sum remaining toward satisfaction of a specific legacy. The appellants, general legatees, object and contend that because of the inadequacy of the estate to meet the bequests made in The will, the specific legacy should abate pro rota with the general legacies. The surrogate found that the testator's primary intention was to provide an income for the specific legatee, overruled appellants' objection, and allowed the account as filed. Decree, in so far as appeal is taken, unanimously affirmed, with costs to all respondents filing briefs, payable out of the estate. No opinion. Present — Lazansky. P. J-, Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ. [166 Mise. 621.]