MATTER OF BANCROFT


196 Misc. 787 (1949)

In the Matter of the Construction of The Will of Sheldon E. Bancroft, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, Monroe County.

December 2, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert A. Nusbaum for Genesee Valley Trust Company, as administrator c. t. a. and trustee under the will of Sheldon E. Bancroft, deceased, petitioner.

John G. Shaw for John W. Luther & Co., a creditor, respondent.

Alan M. Hill, special guardian for Carol B. Clark and another, infants, respondents.


WITMER, S.

The testator died on February 24, 1949, and his will, dated February 11, 1948, was admitted to probate on February 28, 1949. For years prior to his death the testator had owned and operated an unincorporated automobile sales and service business in Rochester, New York, under the name of Bancroft Motors. He designated two of his able and faithful employees as executors and trustees of his will. They...

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