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Excerpt from The Law and Practice in the Surrogates' Courts in the State of New York, Vol. 1: Being a Commentary on Chapter XVIII. Of the Code of Civil Procedure At the request of many of those using the work, a table of cases has been prepared. If it were appropriate, I should have liked to set forth here some reasons why, in my judgment, the jurisdiction of the Sur rogate should be enlarged. It seems strange that he should be deemed equal to construing a bequest, and not a devise, though the latter be given in the same will and the same language. The Supreme Court by its appellate divisions would safeguard the interests affected by such additional power, if conferred. Upon men, who by daily study and experience, grow peculiarly! Capable of dealing with all problems of testamentary law. I am sensible of the fact that a work of this character is not? An addition to literature, but if the work shall make easier the task of the practitioner under our Code in ascertaining what the courts have held to be the intent of the Legislature in fram ing and reframing the Code, the eight years during which I have been occupied in it will not have been wasted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.