In re the Probate of the Will of Satterlee

In this second trial of this vigorously contested probate proceeding, while a jury has found that the decedent had testamentary capacity, and that the execution of the alleged will offered for probate and the nomination therein of Sol A. Rosenblatt as one of the executors were not procured by the undue influence of said Rosenblatt or of one Dr. Hoffmann, they could not agree, after more than 15 hours of deliberation, that the clause giving the entire residuary estate to said Rosenblatt was not so procured. Mr. Rosenblatt is an attorney; he met decedent about the middle of December, 1947. Dr.…