In re Ryalls

It is apparent from the findings of the surrogate that he placed no reliance on the testimony of the witness Mary Hunter as to the admission of William H. Ryalls that “he had already realized $15,000” from the estate of Elizabeth Haney, deceased. Had he credited the statement of that witness, his findings of fact would have been different from those actually made. I think the surrogate was justified in disbelieving the statement of the witness. All the other testimony in the case tends to show that she was mistaken. The surrogate, therefore, in finding that Elizabeth Haney, at the time of her…