N.Y. Real Property Law § 256: Construction of grant in executor's or trustee's deed of appurtenances, and of the estate of testator and grantor

§ 256. Construction of grant in executor's or trustee's deed of

appurtenances, and of the estate of testator and grantor. In any deed

by an executor of, or trustee under a will, the words "together with the

appurtenances and also all the estate which the said testator had at the

time of his decease in said premises, and also the estate therein which

said grantor has or has power to convey or dispose of, whether

individually or by virtue of said will or otherwise," must be construed

as meaning, together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments

and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and

the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues

and profits thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest,

property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both in law and

equity, which the said testator had in his lifetime, and at the time of

his decease, or which the said grantor has or has power to convey or

dispose of, whether individually or by virtue of the said last will and

testament or otherwise, of, in and to the said granted premises, and

every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.