Case Name: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of The Oneida National Bank & Trust Company of Utica, as Administrator c. t. a. and Trustee of the Estate of Noble King Potter, Deceased. Julia C. McCombs, Appellant; Marion S. Thompson and Another, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-10-05
Citations: 255 A.D. 823
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of The Oneida National Bank & Trust Company of Utica, as Administrator c. t. a. and Trustee of the Estate of Noble King Potter, Deceased. Julia C. McCombs, Appellant; Marion S. Thompson and Another, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 255
Pages: 823–823

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of The Oneida National Bank & Trust Company of Utica, as Administrator c. t. a. and Trustee of the Estate of Noble King Potter, Deceased. Julia C. McCombs, Appellant; Marion S. Thompson and Another, Respondents.

Opinion:
Decree in so far as appealed from affirmed, without costs of this appeal to any party. Memorandum: The surrogate determined that testator's use of the phrase " heirs at law " was intended to mean next of kin, thus eliminating appellant as a distributee under the provisions of the will. Appellant contends that heirs at law should be given its natural, ordinary and legal meaning. We agree with the surrogate. (Tillman v. Davis, 95 N. Y. 17; Wallace v. Diehl, 202 id. 156, 165; Matter of Evans, 234 id. 42, 45; New York Life Ins. & Trust Co. v. Winthrop, 237 id. 93.) All concur. (The decree construes a will.) Present — Sears, P. J., Crosby, Lewis, Taylor and Dowling, JJ. [167 Misc. 848.]