Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York October 1, 2004 (In re the Estate of Watson)

*944Appeal from an order the Surrogate’s Court, Monroe County (Edmund A. Calvaruso, S.), entered May 5, 2003. The order, insofar as appealed from, adjudged that decedent made a valid inter vivos gift to respondent Michael J. Bell of a future release of mortgage liability and authorized him as the executor of the estate to execute a discharge of the mortgage on certain property.