In re the Estate of Foley
New York Surrogate's Court
Proceedings in the Surrogate’s Court of Otsego county for the probate of a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Foley, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
Arnold, S.
The paper writing here offered for probate as the last will and testament of Mary Foley, deceased, was duly executed, published and declared by her as and for her last will and testament in conformity with the laws of the State of ¡New York, and is entitled to be admitted to probate.
The only question to be passed upon is the one raised by the contestant’s answer, which is, that this will having been executed within, sixty days before the death of the testatrix, that the gift and devise to the Roman Catholic Church of Cooperstown, ÜST. Y., is void. This residuary clause reads as…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hollis v. . Drew Theological SeminaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Lefevre v. . LefevreNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- In re LampsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of LampsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1897
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- Kernochan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919