 In 1888, the New York State Supreme Court decided that the sum, plus 30 years' interest, was to be paid to the North American Relief Society for Indigent Jews in Jerusalem.However, the niece's heir appealed the ruling, and the New York State Court of Appeals overturned it on what would today be considered a technicality (the difference between "charitable" and "benevolent" purposes), awarding the full amount to the heir.Mount Sinai Hospital was recently ranked as one of the best hospitals in the United States by "U.S. News & World Report".