When letters testamentary may be issued 1

N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1414, under Probate Proceedings; Construction of Wills; Right of Election.

N.Y. Surrogate's Court Procedure Act § 1414

§ 1414. When letters testamentary may be issued 1. After a will has been admitted to probate any person entitled to letters thereunder who is eligible and who appears and qualifies is entitled to letters testamentary. 2. Where a judgment has been rendered in an action establishing a will the surrogate must record the will and issue letters as directed by the judgment. 3. A person entitled to letters upon a contingency may appear and show that the contingency has happened by which he is entitled to such letters. 4. A person named as an executor by a person other than the testator under a valid power contained in a will must appear and file an acknowledged selection of himself as an executor.