Decree affirmed.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Surrogate construing paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law as to the impact of taxes in computing the maximum amount receivable by a surviving spouse, who elects to take against a will.
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