Decree modified in accordance with the memorandum and as modified affirmed, without costs of this appeal to any party.
Memorandum:
The Surrogate's Court had jurisdiction to construe the will in this proceeding and to determine what title was devised and to whom. (Surrogate's Ct. Act, §§ 40, 145; Matter of Engel, 140 Misc. 276; Matter of Walsh, 146 Misc. 56.) We agree with the construction placed upon the will by the Surrogate's Court...
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