In re Keep's Will
New York Surrogate's Court
Petition by the widow of Charles A. Keep to revoke the probate of decedent’s will.
1Opinion of the Court
Ransom, S.
The only ground upon which the petitioner relies to maintain her petition to revoke the probate of the paper heretofore admitted to probate as the will of the decedent is the alleged existence of a previous will, claimed to have been made by him simultaneously with one executed by petitioner, in pursuance of an antenuptial agreeement between them to execute mutual wills. The existence of such previous will, it is urged, made it, under the circumstances irrevocable, and disabled the testator from making any subsequent testamentary instrument. In disposing of this matter it is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Giles v. De TalleyrandNew York Surrogate's Court · 1882
3Cited by3 opinions
- Morgan v. . SanbornNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In re CronenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- In re the Estate of HawesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922