In re the Probate of the Will of Johnson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Queens County, entered after trial before a jury, denying probate to a paper writing dated September 17, 1948, as the decedent’s last will and testament, on the ground that it was procured and executed through undue influence, in accordance with a jury answer to that effect to a framed question, insofar as appealed from, reversed on the law and the facts, with costs to appellants, payable out of the estate of Joseph Oscar Johnson, and the matter remitted to the Surrogate’s Court with a direction to enter a decree admitting such paper writing to probate as…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re RuefAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of FleischmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917
- In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of GuidiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940