Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Kutzner

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided February 21, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hetherington, S.

Decedent died on January 2, 1940, survived by two sisters, as Ids sole distributees. Ten days later a safe deposit company delivered to the clerk the instrument now offered by them for probate. To express his testamentary desires, decedent employed a stationer’s “ will ” form, which consists of a single sheet of paper folded in the middle so as to make four pages. The provisions disposing of his entire estate equally to his sisters and designating his brother-in-law as sole “ executive ” without bond were typewritten on the upper half of the first page. At the bottom thereof…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Delafield v. . ParishNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. In re the Probate of a Paper Propounded as the Last Will & Testament of AkersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  3. Burnham v. . ComfortNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  4. In Re Proving the Will of ParsonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  5. In re the Application for the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of ParsonsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1922

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of FouldsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1960
  2. In Re Estate of BognerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
  3. In re the Estate of CollinsNew York Surrogate's Court · 1982
  4. In re the Estate of SemlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1941
  5. In re the Estate of LewisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1974

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