Legal Opinion

In re Proving the Last Will & Testament of Bedell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 15, 1905PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the proponent, Charles S. Powell, from a decree of the Surrogate’s Court of Nassa-u county, entered in said Surrogate’s Court on the 16th day of September, 1904, refusing probate of the will of Abram Bedell, deceased. '

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, J.:

Abram Bedell died on the 10th day of March, 1904, leaving an alleged last will and testament,‘dated June 1, 1898, purporting to bequeath and devise to one Joseph Bedell, a grandson and the only descendant of the testator, the homestead, valued at $2,100, and $1,500 in money, to a halfbrother $500, and to one Charles S. *285Powell all the residue of his estate, which at the time of his death amounted to approximately $7,500. The will also contained a provision bequeathing and devising to the prospective wife of the testator, in case of his marriage, the use of said homestead property…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of MullinNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
  2. In re the Accounting of RowlandNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
  3. In re ReganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
  4. In re the Probate of a Paper Writing Purporting to be the Last Will & Testament of AlfayaNew York Surrogate's Court · 1924
  5. In re the Probate of the Will of AndersonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1956

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