Decree affirmed, with costs.
The law favors the early vesting of estates. Where a testator has fixed no time for payment of legacies, the law provides for distribution at the end of seven months after issuance of letters testamentary in the ordinary situation (Surrogate's Ct. Act, § 218). Concededly, the legatee in this case survived such period.
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