In re Goodhart
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Emma F. Boltz, residuary legatee, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of the county of Kings, entered in the office of said Surrogate’s Court on the 19th day of July, 1915, and also from an order entered in said office on the same day denying her motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
This is an appeal from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court in Kings county refusing probate to an instrument as the last will and testament of Josephine A. Maxwell, deceased. There is really nothing involved on this appeal but a question of fact—rather, were there facts enough to raise an issuable question for the jury — I suppose that may be termed more properly a question of law resting upon an examination of the facts in evidence. The will of the decedent, after making a few minor bequests, bequeathed the sum of $1,000 to one William A. Goodhart, an attorney who drew the will, and…
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