Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Sarah E. Fox, Deceased
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1926-02-24
Citations: 126 Misc. 767
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Sarah E. Fox, Deceased.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 126
Pages: 767–768

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Sarah E. Fox, Deceased.
Surrogate’s Court, New York County,
February 24, 1926.
Babbage & Sanders, for the executor.
Joyce Bushel, special guardian.
Coudert Bros., for the Novitiate of the Fathers of Mercy.
Peck & Hancock, for St. Vincent’s Hospital.
Eidlitz & Hulse, for Rev. William B. Martin.
Amend & Amend, for the Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis.

Opinion:
O'Brien, S.
The executor's discretion to be exercised in carrying out the directions of paragraph " second " of the will was not controlled or limited by the language used in said paragraph or in the rest of the will. Failure to comply precisely and literally with the directions set forth therein by omitting the stones deemed to be " imitation " or damaged or of small value from the ostensorium is not such a variance from the directions of testatrix as will warrant the court's disapproval of the account. Let the stones omitted and the ostensorium be delivered to the beneficiary and let the statement in " Schedule E-l " alleging the tender and refusal of the bequest be stricken from said account. Submit decree on notice.